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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

May 4, 2019 1

53rd. ACS Junior Technical Meeting (JTM) 38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM)

University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus Mayagüez, Puerto Rico May 4, 2019

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American Chemical Society – Puerto Rico Section Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Resource Center for Science and Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Central Administration University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus

53rd. ACS Junior Technical Meeting (JTM) 38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus May 4, 2019

Table of Contents University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus Map ...... 4 Invited Speaker ...... 7 Agenda ...... 8

Oral Sessions by Discipline ...... 9 Agricultural Sciences ...... 10 Astronomy ...... 11 Chemistry ...... 12 Computer Sciences ...... 23 Electronics ...... 25 Engineering ...... 26 Environmental Sciences ...... 30 General Sciences ...... 35 Geosciences ...... 36 Life/Biological Sciences ...... 37 Mathematics ...... 51 Pharmaceutical Sciences ...... 52 Physics ...... 53

Oral Sessions by Room ...... 56

Poster Sessions ...... 119 Astronomy ...... 121 Chemistry ...... 122 Computer Sciences ...... 126 Engineering ...... 127 Environmental Sciences ...... 129 General Sciences ...... 131 Life / Biological Sciences ...... 132 Mathematics ...... 136 Physics ...... 137

University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus Map

53rd. ACS Junior Technical Meeting (JTM) 38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus

Organizing and Scientific Committees Puerto Rico Local Section American Chemical Society Officers 2019

Chair Ángela González Mederos, Ph.D. Elected Chair Myrna Otaño Vega Immediate Past Chair Carlos R. Cabrera Martínez, Ph.D.

Secretary Angel G. Colón Santiago Treasurer Jorge L. Colón, Ph.D. Northeastern Representative Laura Santiago, Ph.D. Southwestern Representative Wilfredo Ayala, Ph.D. Counselor Edmy J. Ferrer, Ph.D.

Counselor Néstor Carballeira, Ph.D.

Counselor Juan López Garriga Counselor Jorge L. Colón, Ph.D. Alternate Counselor Orlando J. Morales Alternate Counselor Angel G. Colón Santiago Alternate Counselor Brenda Ramos, Ph.D. Alternate Counselor Sara Delagdo Director at Large Ingrid Montes, Ph.D.

University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus Research and JTM/PRISM Committee

Acting Chancellor Wilma Santiago, M.Arch. Dean, School of Sciences and Arts Fernando Gilbes, Ph.D. Dean, School of Engineering Agustín Rullán, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Administrative Affairs Nancy Méndez PRLSAMP Liaison Mayra I. Méndez, Ph.D. PRLSAMP Liaison Alberto R. Puente, Ph.D. CoHemis Administrative Officer Yamarie Hernández Social and Cultural Activities Director Yomarachaliff Luciano Student Center Administrator Antonio Ramos Press Director Mariam Ludim Chancellor Office Carmen Aquino Catalyst Consulting Ixchelle Hernández 5

PR-LSAMP

Co-PI Eduardo Nicolau, Ph.D. Academic Coordinator Prof. Javier Figueroa Santiago Management Coordinator Zulma I. Crespo Figueroa, MS

UPR-Central Administration

UPR President/PR-LSAMP PI Jorge Haddock, Ph.D. UPR Vice President for Research and Innovation Ubaldo Córdova, Ph.D. Acting Director of the Resource Center for Science and Engineering Ana R. Guadalupe, Ph.D.

53rd. ACS Junior Technical Meeting (JTM) 38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus May 4, 2019

INVITED SPEAKER

Thomas F. Jaramillo, PhD

Society has benefitted tremendously from the science and engineering efforts that have brought crucial fuels and chemical products to market at a global-scale based on fossil feedstocks: oil, coal, and natural gas. This includes conventional liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, in addition to many other important products such as plastics (e.g. polyethylene) and fertilizer (i.e. ammonia, NH3). Continuing to use fossil-based resources at such high rates, however, could potentially lead to troubling consequences ahead. This motivates the development of new chemical processes to produce the same kinds of fuels and chemicals that we rely on today, however using renewable energy and sustainable feedstocks instead.

In this talk we will discuss new processes that employ renewable energy (e.g. wind and solar) to power the production of fuels and chemicals in a sustainable manner. This effort is largely motivated by the dropping costs of renewable electricity, the growing penetration of renewables into energy markets, and the need for storing variable electricity. Central to this theme is an effort to develop catalyst materials and associated processes capable of driving important chemical transformations in a sustainable manner involving renewable energy. Specific examples include the production of hydrogen (H2) [1, 2], carbon-based products (e.g. hydrocarbons, alcohols) [3], ammonia (NH3) fertilizer [4], and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) [5].

The development of catalysts with appropriate properties can serve as the basis of new, renewable pathways to produce the large-scale fuels and chemicals that could play a major role in reaching sustainability goals for the globe.

References 1. Z.W. Seh, J. Kibsgaard, C.F. Dickens, I. Chorkendorff, J.K. Nørskov, T.F. Jaramillo. Science, 355, 6321 (2017). 2. J.W.D. Ng, T.R. Hellstern, J. Kibsgaard, A.C. Hinckley, J.D. Benck, and T.F. Jaramillo. ChemSusChem, 8, 3512-3519 (2015). 3. C. Hahn, T. Hatsukade, Y.-G. Kim, A. Vailionis, J.H. Baricuatro, D.C. Higgins, S.A. Nitopi, M.P. Soriaga, and T.F. Jaramillo. Proc. Nat. Adad. Sci., 114, 5918–5923 (2017). 4. J.M. McEnaney, A.R. Singh, J.A. Schwalbe, J. Kibsgaard, J.C. Lin, M. Cargnello, T.F. Jaramillo, and J.K. Nørskov. Energy Environ. Sci, 10, 1621-1630 (2017). 5. Z. Chen, S. Chen, S. Siahrostami, P. Chakthranont, C. Hahn, D. Nordlund, S. Dimosthenis, J.K. Norskov, Z. Bao, and T.F. Jaramillo, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2, 239-245 (2017). 7

53rd. ACS Junior Technical Meeting (JTM) 38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus May 4, 2019

AGENDA

7:00am–11:00am Registration 3rd. floor of Student Center

7:30am–9:30am Breakfast Cafeteria – 2nd. floor of Student Center

9:00am–9:40am Welcoming Remarks Amphitheater Figueroa Chapel* Mayra I. Méndez Piñero, Ph.D.

Engineering Liaison - PRLSAMP

Wilma Santiago, M.Arch. UPRM - Interim Chancellor Ubaldo M. Córdova, Ph.D. UPR Interim Vice-President of Academic, Students Affairs, Research & Innovation

Eduardo Nicolau, Ph.D. Co-PI PR-LSAMP Angela M. González, Ph.D. American Chemical Society Puerto Rico Section Chair

Agustín Rullán, Ph.D. Dean, School of Engineering – UPRM Fernando Gilbes, Ph.D. Dean, Arts & Sciences - UPRM

9:40am–9:45am Presentation of Plenary Speaker Jorge Colón, Ph.D. Thomas F. Jaramillo, Ph.D. Amphitheater Figueroa Chapel*

9:45am–10:30am Plenary Conference Developing catalyst materials for sustainable energy Thomas F. Jaramillo, Ph.D. Amphitheater Figueroa Chapel* Chemical Engineering Dept., Stanford University * Simultaneous presentations at Stefani 113, Chardón 121, Industrial Eng. 229, Celis 116

11:00am–2:00pm Concurrent Scientific Sessions Rooms 1st., 2nd. and 3rd. floors Carlos Chardón Building 11:30am–1:30pm Lunch Cafeteria – 2nd. floor of Student Center

10:30am–2:00pm Poster Set Up 3rd. floor of Student Center

2:00pm–3:00pm Break 3rd. floor of Student Center

2:00pm–4:00pm Poster Session 3rd. floor of Student Center

3:00pm–5:00pm Concurrent Scientific Sessions Rooms 1st., 2nd. and 3rd. floors Carlos Chardón Building

53rd. ACS Junior Technical Meeting (JTM) 38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus May 4, 2019

ORAL SESSIONS

 Agricultural Sciences  Astronomy  Chemistry  Computer Sciences  Electronics  Engineering  Environmental Sciences  General Sciences  Geosciences  Life/Biological Sciences  Mathematics  Pharmaceutical Sciences  Physics

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

5A CH 218 12:20-12:40pm Christopher Rivera Torres Susceptibility of Plant Pathogenic Patricia Ortíz USDA-ARS Fungi to Antimicrobial Peptides and UPR-Mayagüez Combinatorial Treatments

10B CH 224 4:20-4:40pm Harywilliam González Vidal Evaluating the effects of biochar on Javier Lugo UPR-Utuado soil properties, plant growth and UPR-Utuado Naomy Candelaria insect community on organic cotton UPR-Utuado plantation at Utuado, Puerto Rico

13A CH227 11:00-11:20am Christopher Jiménez González CB2 mRNA abundance in mammary Juliana Pérez UPR-Aguadilla tissue during clinical mastitis UPR-Aguadilla

16B CH230 3:20-3:40pm Keislamarí Cintrón Berríos Growth Rate of Aquatic Plants in an Antonio Mignucci UIA-Bayamón Aquaponic Systems UIA-Bayamón

19B CH233 4:40-5:00pm Kamyla Reyes Concepción Efficient disinfection procedure for Rosa Berríos PUCPR in vitro propagation of Valencia PUCPR Late orange Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck through leaves direct organogenesis

22B CH328 4:40-5:00pm Andrea Rodríguez Lassalle Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Yadira Malavez associated to subclinical mastitis in UPR Edgardo González Muñoz bovine milk from Puerto Rico, its resistance to antibiotics and biofilm formation

ASTRONOMY

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

23A CH 326 1:40-2:00pm Kevin Ortíz Ceballos Arecibo REDS: The Stellar Activity Abel Méndez UPR- Río Piedras of Stars with Potentially Habitable UPR- Arecibo Planets

23B CH 326 3:00-3:20pm José Colón Cancel Orbital Stability of Habitable Abel Méndez UPR- Arecibo Exomoons UPR- Arecibo Peter Santana Rodríguez UPR- Arecibo

3:20-3:40pm Marcos Jusino Maldonado The Occurrence of Planets in the Abel Méndez UPR- Mayagüez Abiogenesis Zone UPR- Arecibo

24A CH 325 1:00-1:20pm Byron Morales Maldonado Position Angles and Separation of Desiree Cotto UPR-Humacao Binaries Stars in 2016 UPR-Humacao

1:20-1:40pm Gabriela Espinosa Rodriguez Rotation Rates of Near-Earth Desiree Cotto UPR-Humacao Asteroids UPR-Humacao Yashira Del Valle Rodríguez UPR-Humacao

1:40-2:00pm Giovanna Castejon Cruz Separation and Position Angle of Desiree Cotto UPR-Humacao Binary Stars of 2015 Selected from UPR-Humacao Marjory Reyes Méndez Washington Double Star Catalog UPR-Humacao

24B CH 325 3:00-3:20pm Enrique Gonzalez Delgado Separation and position angle of Desiree Cotto UPR-Humacao binary stars systems selected from UPR-Humacao Néstor Márquez Ríos WDS Catalog UPR-Humacao

25A CH 324 1:20-1:40pm Idamaris Vega Jiménez Integrated Method to Study the Neftalí Rivera Dynamics and Transformations of UPR Jamie Laureano Soto Sunspots

1:40-2:00pm Juan García García Stars and suns Pablo Llerandi UPR

CHEMISTRY

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

1A CH 113 11:00-11:20am Alexy Padilla Andújar Synthesis of Catechol Analogs for Adalgisa Batista PUCPR Their Future Electrochemical PUCPR Studies

11:20-11:40am Arnaldo Torres Hernández Synthesis of Hydroquinone Analogs Adalgisa Batista PUCPR for Their Applications in Self- PUCPR Assembled Monolayers

2A CH 114 11:00-11:20am Amanda Reyes Morales Method Development for the Marcos De Jesus UPR-Mayagüez estimation of Colony Forming Units UPR-Mayagüez without Conducting a Bacterial Growth Curve

3A CH 12:20-12:40pm Nicole Zambrana García Evaluating Several Feasible Arthur D. Tinoco 115-A UPR-Río Piedras Titanium (IV)-bound serum UPR-Río Piedras transferrin species to Determine Differences in Ti(IV) Uptake and Cell Proliferation

11:20-11:40am Angel Vázquez Maldonado Stoichiometric Determination of Arthur D. Tinoco UPR-Río Piedras Fluorescent Citrate Binding to UPR-Río Piedras Human Serum Transferrin (sTf) with the Presence of Ti(IV)

11:40am-12-00pm José Catala Torres Determining the Potential Role that Arthur D. Tinoco UPR-Río Piedras Fe(III) Plays in Human Serum UPR-Río Piedras Transferrin Transport of Non-Iron Metals by Focusing on Titanium(IV)

1:20-1:40pm Carla Quinones Jurgensen Screening and quantification of Luis A. Prieto UPR-Río Piedras molecules that bind to UPR-Río Piedras supramolecular colloidal particles

1:40-2:00pm Andrés González López Bioelectrochemical approach for Carlos Cabrera UPR-Río Piedras urea removal from synthetic urine UPR-Río Piedras

3B CH 3:00-3:20pm Glen Torres Álamo Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction Carlos Cabrera 115-A UPR-Río Piedras Reaction with modified PtNi- UPR-Río Piedras Pedro Trinidad Perez Nanowires in Alkaline Medium UPR-Río Piedras

3:20-3:40pm Gabriela Vega Hernández Electrochemical PCR-mediated Carlos Cabrera UPR-Río Piedras biosensor for the detection of pks UPR-Río Piedras genomic island in real E. coli samples utilizing custom gold electrodes

CHEMISTRY

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

3B 4:00-4:20pm Daniel Blasini Pérez Optimized Synthesis of Ag Carlos Cabrera UPR-Río Piedras Nanoparticles on Unsupported UPR-Río Piedras Vulcan XC-72R for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media

4A CH 116 12:20-12:40pm Paola Colón De León Molecular Modeling of 1- Carmelo García UPR Benzazepine Analogues that bind to UPR the ACh Protein (2PH9) Using Hyperchem and Autodock

4B CH 116 3:20-3:40pm Carol Mejía Pérez Effectivity of absorption capacity of Lymari Fuentes SUAGM - Cupey algae biomass inmmobilized by the SUAGM - Cupey sol-gel method

3:40-4:00pm Allan Santiago Mercado Antioxidant Properties of Celia Osorio UIA-Ponce Polyphenols from Ruellia Simplex UIA-Ponce Flowers for Potential Applications in Anti-? Amyloidosis Therapies

5A CH 218 12:40-1:00pm Harim Delgado Seo Characterization and Optimization Lisandro Cunci SUAGM of Electrochemical Synthesis of SUAGM-Gurabo Polyaniline using Carbon Nano- onions as Support

1:00-1:20pm Nerika Hernández Electrochemical Characterization of Lisandro Cunci SUAGM-Gurabo Biofouling in Platinum and Carbon SUAGM-Gurabo Fiber Microelectrodes for the Neuropeptide Y Detection

1:20-1:40pm Kelly Lozano Ortiz Electrochemical Detection of Lisandro Cunci SUAGM-Gurabo Neuropeptide using Methylene Blue SUAGM-Gurabo as an Indicator

1:40-2:00pm Yannelly Serrano Rosario Electrochemical Polymerization of Lisandro Cunci SUAGM Conductive Polymers to Enhance SUAGM-Gurabo Carbon Supports for Electrocatalysts

5B CH 218 3:00-3:20pm Krystal Flores Félix Electrodeposition of Metal Organic Lisandro Cunci SUAGM-Gurabo Framework in Platinum and Carbon SUAGM-Gurabo

Microelectrode for Biosensing Applications

3:20-3:40pm Kattia González Aponte Synthesis and Characterization of Lisandro Cunci SUAGM-Gurabo Janus Nano-Particles for Energy SUAGM-Gurabo Applications

CHEMISTRY

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

5B CH 218 3:40-4:00pm John Cruz Lozada Synthesis and Characterization of Lisandro Cunci SUAGM-Gurabo Monomer of MOF- based SUAGM-Gurabo Conductive Polymers for Biosensing Applications

4:00-4:20pm Joshua Reyes Morales Synthesis of Catalytic Nanoparticles Lisandro Cunci SUAGM-Gurabo Using the Rotating Disk Electrode SUAGM-Gurabo Technique for Fuel Cells Application

4:20-4:40pm Mariely Cruz Hernández Porous Nanowires Hybrid p-n Dalice Piñero UPR-Río Piedras Junction Organic-Metal Oxide UPR-Río Piedras Semiconductor with Ru(bpy)3] (BF4)2

4:40-5:00pm Ángel Hernández Mejías Determining the Stoichiometry of a Dalice Piñero UPR-Río Piedras Coordinating Event between Metal UPR-Río Piedras Ions (Ni2+ , Co2+ , and Cu2+) and a Novel Ligand [dmit(acac)?]

6A CH 219 11:00-11:20am Cristina Nieves Vázquez Development of 3L-IONPs for Dalice Piñero UPR-Río Piedras Therapy and Bio-Imaging UPR-Río Piedras

11:20-11:40am Juan Cintrón Cruz Substituted Metal Phthalocyanines Dalice Piñero UPR-Río Piedras for the Detection of Nitric Oxides UPR-Río Piedras

11:40am-12:00pm Dara Rodríguez Ayala Synthesis of the novel ligands Dalice Piñero UPR-Río Piedras Dmit(acac)2 and Dmit(pyrazole)2 UPR-Río Piedras and their Metal Complexes as MRI Contrast Agents: Reaction with Rare Earth Metals

12:00-12:20pm Kevin Rivera Cruz Theoretical Adsorption Energy Dalice Piñero UPR-Río Piedras Calculations of Metal UPR-Río Piedras Phthalocyanines with Pentafluorosulfanyl Substituents for Sensing of Toxic Gases

7B CH 220 11:20-11:40am Adriana Vázquez Medina Advancing polysulfonated supports Eduardo Nicolau UPR-Río Piedras to fabricate high performance thin UPR-Río Piedras film composite membranes used for forward osmosis

11:40am-12:00pm Loreilys Mejías Rivera Biomimetic scaffolds for bone Eduardo Nicolau UPR-Río Piedras regeneration based on UPR-Río Piedras polydopamine coating of cellulosic membranes

CHEMISTRY

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

7B CH 220 12:00-12:20pm José Ramírez Colón Development of Cellulose DiBlock Eduardo Nicolau UPR-Río Piedras Copolymer Electrospun Films for UPR-Río Piedras the Selective Adsorption of Emerging Organic Contaminants in Aqueous Solutions

12:20-12:40pm Miguel Betancourt Ponce Development of polysulfone- Eduardo Nicolau UPR-Río Piedras functionalized zwitterionic UPR-Río Piedras membranes for water purification applications

12:40-1:00pm Pedro Méndez Fernández Evaluating an Alginate Electrospun Eduardo Nicolau UPR-Río Piedras Membrane for the Removal of UPR-Río Piedras Polyphenolic Compounds from Water and for Promoting the Adhesion of Osteoblast Cells

1:00-1:20pm César Lasalde Ramírez Fabrication of Electro-conductive Eduardo Nicolau UPR-Río Piedras forward osmosis membranes using UPR-Río Piedras carbonaceous species

1:20-1:40pm Gerardo Quintana Cintrón Novel membrane active layer for Eduardo Nicolau UPR-Río Piedras water purification purposes UPR-Río Piedras Sebastián López Méndez UPR-Río Piedras

4:20-4:40pm José Rosa Zayas Anti-doping method using Edmy Ferrer UIA-Ponce nanoparticles for sports drugs UIA-Ponce Lester Colón Ithier detection UIA-Ponce

4:40-5:00pm Maricelis Maldonado Martínez Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Edmy Ferrer UIA-Ponce (MSN) and Calcium Oxide as UIA-Ponce Paola García González Drug Delivery Systems UIA-Ponce

8A CH 222 11:00-11:20am Carlos Cabrera López Nanomaterials for fingerprint Edmy Ferrer UIA-Ponce analysis: Comparative study with UIA-Ponce traditional tachniques

11:20-11:40am Kevin Negrón Rosado Determination of Transcription Elsie Pares UPR-Mayagüez Factors for Regulation of Nuclear UPR-Mayagüez Factor Interleukin-6 Gene

11:40am-12:00pm Ilea Díaz Lluberes Determining the Role of FAP1 in Elsie Pares UPR-Mayagüez S. cerevisiae, Cultivated in UPR-Mayagüez Nitrogen-limited Media

CHEMISTRY

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

9A CH 223 11:20-11:40am Deyaneira Gonzalez Rodriguez Development of fluorescent Ezio Fasoli UPR-Humacao enzymatic assays for the detection UPR-Humacao Stephanie Guerra of benzylic oxidation and UPR-Humacao reductions reactions

12:20-12:40pm Oscar Claudio Ares Synthesis of Silicon Nanowires by Francisco SUAGM Metal Assisted Chemical Etching Márquez SUAGM

9B CH 223 3:40-4:00pm Carla Colón Cruz Synthesis of porous materials for Iro García SUAGM-Gurabo capture and transformation of SUAGM CO2

4:00-4:20pm Iván Fontánez Vázquez Determing the sources of high Gregory Jenkins UPR-Mayagüez ozone during the 2017 LASIC Penn State Univ. field campaign using HYSPLIT modeling

4:40-5:00pm Elisa Soto González On the Design and Construction Hirohito Torres UPR of a Rechargeable Zinc/Carbon UPR Michelle Ramos Castro Battery UPR

10A CH 224 12:00-12:20pm Kalein Félix Matos Screening of the antibacterial Magdalis UPR-Humacao activity of Kalanchoe plants Quiñones traditionally used for the UPR-Humacao treatment of skin ulcers

12:40-1:00pm Andrés Rivera Ruiz Chemical Reduction and Ileana González SUAGM Characterization of Pt Particles SUAGM for an Ammonia Oxidation Electrocatalyst

1:00-1:20pm José Hernández Meléndez Ferrocenyl curcumin analogs as Ingrid Montes UPR-Río Piedras potential antioxidants and UPR-Río Piedras anticancer agents

10A CH 224 1:20-1:40pm Daisy Díaz Rohena Structure-activity relationship of Ingrid Montes UPR-Río Piedras novel ferrocenyl chalcone salts: UPR-Río Piedras effect of counterions

1:40-2:00pm Sebastián Henríquez López Synthesis and Characterization of Ingrid Montes UPR-Río Piedras Ferrocenyl Indanones UPR-Río Piedras

10B CH 224 3:00-3:20pm Alondra Rodríguez Rolón Synthesis and characterization of Ingrid Montes UPR-Río Piedras the ferrocenyl chalcones and UPR-Río Piedras dicarbonyl derivatives

CHEMISTRY

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

10B CH 224 3:20-3:40pm Geraldo Durán Camacho Synthesis, Characterization and Ingrid Montes UPR-Río Piedras Biological Evaluation of Novel UPR-Río Piedras Ferrocenyl Naphthyridinium Salts Derivatives

4:40-5:00pm Kenneth Fontánez Mora Hydro-fuel derived from José J. Duconge SUAGM-Gurabo electrolysis of water for alternative SUAGM fuel purposes

11B CH 225 4:00-4:20pm Christian Dones Lassalle Characterization and Jorge Colón UPR-Río Piedras quantification of Polymyxin B, UPR-Río Piedras fluorescein, and their conjugate in zirconium phosphate nanoparticles

4:20-4:40pm Luis Ramírez-Pagán Intercalation and Co-intercalation Jorge Colón UPR-Río Piedras of Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum UPR-Río Piedras (II) in Zirconium Phosphate Nanoparticles

4:40-5:00pm Yairisis Rivera Serrano Layered zirconium phosphate Jorge Colón UPR-Río Piedras nanoparticles as anti-cancer drug UPR-Río Piedras carries

12A CH 226 11:00-11:20am Daniel Del Toro Pedrosa Morphological studies of Jorge Colón UPR-Río Piedras zirconium phosphate nanoparticles UPR-Río Piedras as Ni support for the oxygen evolution reaction

11:20-11:40am Kálery La Luz Rivera Morphological studies of Jorge Colón UPR-Río Piedras zirconium phosphate nanoparticles UPR-Río Piedras as support for Co(II) catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

11:40am-12:00pm Jorge Padilla Zayas Drug-loaded biodegradable Jorge Padilla UPR-Río Piedras nanofibers for controlled release UPR-Río Piedras in regenerative medicine

12:40-1:00pm Sarymar Pérez Lozada How susceptible are fungi, yeasts José Vera UIA-SG and bacterias to the properties of UIA-SG organometallic compounds based on irn and/or molybdenum?

12B CH 226 4:00-4:20pm Lizmarie García Rivera Studying sulfmyoglobin formation Juan López UPR-Mayagüez in function of pH to suggest active UPR-Mayagüez Sergio Irizarry Toro H2S species UPR-Mayagüez

CHEMISTRY

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

13A CH 227 12:00-12:20pm Andraous Hani Saba Botryococcus braunii Photosystem I Kai Griebenow UPR-Río Piedras induces ROS-dependent decrease in UPR-Río Piedras Nicole Fontanet Gómez cell viability by necrosis and UPR-Río Piedras autophagy pathways

12:20-12:40pm Ariadna Soto Soto Bibiloni Smart Redox-Triggered Release Kai Griebenow UPR-Río Piedras Cytochrome c Nanoparticles for UPR-Río Piedras Folate-targeted Lung Cancer Therapy

1:40-2:00pm Shakira Díaz Ortíz Synthesis of Transition Metal Karilys González UPR-Carolina Complexes based on 1- UPR-Carolina Vasti Montes Quiñones carboxylatepyrene and tris(amino UPR-Carolina ethyl)amine (TREN) ligands

14A CH 228 1:00-1:20pm Keishla Robles Negrón Biosynthesis and kinetic study of Liz Díaz UPR-Río Piedras gold nanoparticles from Ulva UPR-Río Piedras fasciata extracts obtained with different solvents

1:20-1:40pm Jean Lozada Dominguez Catalytic efficiency and Liz Díaz UPR-Río Piedras recoverability of magnetite UPR-Río Piedras Juan Vázquez López nanoparticles in the production of UPR-Río Piedras biofuel via hydrothermal liquefaction

1:40-2:00pm Andrea Bruno Chardón Effect of fluorinated pollutants on Liz Díaz UPR-Río Piedras the bioluminiscence and metabolism UPR-Río Piedras of the marine bacteria Vibrio fischeri

14B CH 228 3:20-3:40pm Caren Abreu Takemura Functionalization of Citrate Liz Díaz UPR-Mayagüez Reduced Gold Nanoparticles as UPR-Río Piedras Potential Anti-Cancer Peptide (VECYGPNRPQF) Drug Carriers

15A CH 229 12:20-12:40pm Ricardo Fagundez Parada Synthesis, characterization and Luis Alamo photodegradation capacity of PUCPR CdSSe nanoparticles.

1:00-1:20pm Luis Vázquez Rivera Extraction of the Potential Anti- Liz Díaz UPR-Río Piedras Cancer Peptide (VECYGPNRPQF) UPR-Río Piedras from Chlorella vulgaris as a drug delivery system

1:40-2:00pm José Torres Ayende Determination of heavy metals in Maiella Ramos UPR-Arecibo distinct ecological matrix of the UPR-Arecibo Naylamar Cortés-Deida biotopes near the "Cavernas del Rio UPR-Arecibo de Camuy" National Park

CHEMISTRY

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

15B CH 229 3:00-3:20pm María Toledo Del Valle Phytoremediation of Copper by the Maiella Ramos UPR-Arecibo Aquatic Macrophyte Bacopa UPR-Arecibo Monnieri

3:20-3:40pm Jocelyn Jiménez Cruz Phytoremediation of copper by the Maiella Ramos UPR-Arecibo aquatic macrophyte Bacopa UPR-Arecibo Paola López Meléndez monnieri exposed to CuO UPR-Arecibo nanoparticles

16A CH 230 1:40-2:00pm Nimzay Hernández Mejías Photocatalytic Degradation of María Cotto SUAGM-Gurabo Antibiotics using SUAGM-Gurabo TiO2NWs@SiO2NWs

16B CH 230 3:40-4:00pm Grecia Rivera Rodríguez Synthesis and Characterization of Mirna Rivera UPR-Humacao Chalcones UPR-Humacao

4:20-4:40pm Marielys Santana Rivera Self-Assembled Monolayer of 3- Mitk’El Santiago SUAGM Mercaptopropionic Acid on a Gold SUAGM-Cupey Electrode for Prostate Cancer Detection Applications

4:40-5:00pm Jomar Morales Mercado Self-assembled monolayer of Mitk’El Santiago SUAGM-Cupey cysteine on a gold electrode for SUAGM-Cupey prostate cancer detection applications

17A CH231 11:00-11:20am Angel García Colón Synthesis, Characterization and Mitk’El Santiago SUAGM-Cupey ORR activity of Zn1-xCoxO SUAGM-Cupey Nanomaterials for Fuel Cells Applications

11:20-11:40am Melissa Velázquez Viability of Chinese Hamster Ovary Luis Alamo Rodríguez Cells after exposition to Essential PUCPR PUCPR-Ponce Oils

12:40-1:00pm René García Del Valle Synthesis of ?-Methoxylated Fatty Néstor UPR-Río Piedras Acids and their Bactericidal and Carballeira Anticancer Evaluation UIA-Metro

1:00-1:20pm Nicole Rivera Fuentes Nanoscale Electrode Derived from Perla Cruz UPR-Río Piedras the Di-block Copolymer UPR-Río Piedras Polystyrene-b-Poly (methyl methacrylate) for the Electrochemical Detection of Arsenic in Water

1:20-1:40pm Carlos Ayala Santos Antioxidant Capacity, Nilka Rivera UPR-Mayagüez Phytochemical Analysis and UPR-Mayagüez Bioactivity Screening of Different Cnidoscolus Chayamansa Leaf Extracts 19

CHEMISTRY

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17A CH 231 1:40-2:00pm Claudia Mañán Mejías Carica papaya: the study of the Nilka Rivera UPR-Mayagüez antioxidant capacity and bioactivity UPR-Mayagüez of its leaves

17B CH 231 3:00-3:20pm Graciela Raffucci Colomer Compositional analysis, antioxidant Nilka Rivera UPR-Mayagüez capacity and bioactivity of Aloe UPR-Mayagüez vera

3:20-3:40pm Jesús Romero Pichardo ROS Scavenging Capacity, Nilka Rivera UPR-Mayagüez Bioactivity and Phytochemical UPR-Mayagüez Analysis of Beta vulgaris

18A CH 232 11:20-11:40pm Oliver Pichardo Peguero Synthesis, Physical and Dalice Piñero UPR-Río Piedras Spectroscopic Properties of UPR-Río Piedras (TBA)2[Ni(dmit)2]

18B CH 232 3:00-3:20pm Axel Rivera Martínez Development of a One-Step Raúl Rodríguez PUCPR Methodology for the Synthesis of PUCPR- José Martínez Matías Allylic Alcohols Based on the Mayagüez PUCPR Hydrometallation and Carbometallation of Propargylic Alcohols Followed by the Epoxide Cleavage to Obtain Polyketide Fragments Precursors

4:20-4:40pm Eymee Medina Vargas Application mid-infrared quantum Ricardo Infante UPR-Arecibo cascade laser (QCL) and attenuated UPR-Arecibo Jamillez Olmo Classen total reflectance (ATR) UPR-Arecibo spectroscopy for detection of explosive particles in cotton and polyesters fabrics

4:40-5:00pm Joanilise Rivera Santiago Detection and quantification of Ricardo Infante UPR-Arecibo cornstarch and wheat flour in milk UPR-Arecibo Kevin Cartagena Rivera powder by Near and Mid Infrared UPR Spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics routines

19A CH 233 11:00-11:20am Edwin Caballero Agosto On the choice of optimal model for Ricardo Infante UPR-Arecibo calculation of 1H and 13C NMR UPR-Arecibo Princess Chinea Crespo chemical shifts in tert-butyl UPR-Arecibo peroxides

11:20-11:40am Adriana Claudio Vázquez Detection of Supramolecular José Rivera UPR deoxyguanosine derivatives by a UPR-Río Piedras Cu-Catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition reaction

CHEMISTRY

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19A CH 233 11:40am-12:00pm Andrea Maser Figueroa Development and immunological José Rivera UPR-Río Piedras activity studies of colloidal UPR-Río Piedras Minelise Rivera De Jesús supramolecular particles made from UPR-Río Piedras guanosine derivatives

12:00-12:20pm Valeria Burgos Caldero Internalization of supramolecular José Rivera UPR-Río Piedras microparticles made from UPR-Río Piedras guanosine derivatives in HeLa cells towards the development of artificial organelles

12:20-12:40pm Génesis Rivera Cordero Studies towards developing active José Rivera UPR supramolecular G-quadruplexes via UPR-Río Piedras coupling with a pH oscillator

12:40-1:00pm Kiara Villa Del Valle Synthesis, characterization and self- José Rivera SUAGM-Cupey assembly studies of dimeric UPR-Río Piedras Ronaldo Franjul guanosine derivatives UPR-Río Piedras

19B CH 233 3:40-4:00pm Joyce Ramos Collazo Increase Sensitivity of Graphite Rolando Oyola UPR-Humacao Modified Electrode Using PEDOT UPR-Humacao Carbon Microspheres

4:00-4:20pm Nicole González Vélez Probing HSA-betaCDAuNP Rolando Oyola UPR-Humacao interactions using Fluorescence UPR-Humacao Correlation Spectroscopy

20A CH 234 11:00-11:20am Alejandra Albino Ramírez Polyester Fiber Dye Color Rosamil Rey UIA-Bayamón Extraction and Characterization UIA-Bayamón using UV-VIS Spectroscopy

11:20-11:40am Osmary Oyola Sánchez The reaction of Persulfidation in Ruth Pietri UPR Cysteine UPR

20B CH 234 3:00-3:20pm Sebastián Suárez Schmidt Fabrication of Porous Anodized Luis Fonseca UPR-Río Piedras Aluminum Oxide Layers for the UPR-Río Piedras Synthesis of Novel Nanowire Structures

3:40-4:00pm Josian Luciano Velázquez Effects of Nanocomposites in Sonia Bailon UPR Aquatic Organisms UPR-Ponce

4:00-4:20pm Wilfred Fonseca Ferrer Evaluation of the Toxicity of Gold Sonia Bailon UPR-Ponce Nanoparticles in Coastal Marine UPR-Ponce Crustaceans

4:20-4:40pm Eduardo Chaparro Barriera Fabrication and characterization of Sonia Bailon UPR semiconductor Cadmium Sulfide UPR-Ponce quantum dots

CHEMISTRY

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20B CH 234 4:40-5:00pm Rossymar Rivera Colón Metallic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Sonia Bailon UPR-Ponce Characterization and Toxicity UPR-Ponce

21A CH327 11:00-11:20am Kevin Correa Vargas Production and Characterization of Sonia Bailon UPR-Ponce Copper Sulphide nanoparticles for UPR-Ponce Toxicity Assays

22A CH 328 12:20-12:40pm José Valentín López Optimizing auto-induced expression Vibha Bansal UPR-Cayey of tissue type plasminogen activator UPR-Cayey Nicole Márquez Reyes (tPA) variant in bacterial system UPR-Cayey

12:40-1:00pm Edgardo Sánchez Rivas Understanding the effect of ligand Vibha Bansal UPR-Cayey density on protein capture by UPR-Cayey Shermain Aponte Rosario affinity membranes UPR-Cayey

1:00-1:20pm Jeaninna Flores Bello Mast Cell stabilizers as Potential Vilmali López UPR-Río Piedras Ligands in the Development of UPR-Río Piedras Pharmaceutical-based Biocompatible Metal Organic Frameworks

1:20-1:40pm Anushka Castro Vázquez Synthesis of Brookite Phase TiO2 Vilmali López UPR-Río Piedras Nanoparticles as Anodes in Dye UPR-Río Piedras Sensitized Solar Cells

22B CH 328 4:00-4:20pm Wilanyi Álvarez Reyes Synthesis of Tin Oxide Wilfredo Otaño UPR-Cayey Nanostructures for Sensing UPR-Cayey Important Environmental Gases

COMPUTER SCIENCES

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26A CH 322 12:20-12:40pm Leilanie Morales Rivera Cave Virtual Environment Using Ángel Acosta UPR Underground LIDAR Data UPR

26B CH 322 3:00-3:20pm Carlos Padrón Gracia Computer Science For Better Concepción UPR Science Rodriguez UPR

3:40-4:00pm Omar Cruz Pantoja Clustering methods to classify a Carlos Corrada UPR-Río Piedras broad range of species from their UPR-Río Piedras vocalization

4:00-4:20pm Víctor Pérez Rivera A Cloud Generator for the Abel Méndez UPR-Arecibo Scientific Exoplanet Renderer UPR-Arecibo

27A CH 321 11:20-11:40am Gabriel Vélez Lacayo Improving a student services Edward Latorre UPR-Arecibo application based on feedback and UPR Kevin Alicea Iguina performance analysis UPR-Arecibo

11:40am-12:00pm Yadiel Nieves Cardona Improving Student Services Edward Latorre UPR through Student Development of UPR Computing Solutions

12:00-12:20pm Ramón Medina Pérez Minería de texto en redes sociales Edward Latorre UPR-Arecibo para crear una base de UPR conocimientos de preguntas y respuestas de los estudiantes

12:20-12:40pm Stephanie Peña Rivera Demonstrating Parallel Eliana Valenzuela UPR-Arecibo Computing with the Cluster-Pi UPR-Arecibo

12:40-1:00pm Jesús Santana Román HYDROSARGA a programable Eliana Valenzuela UPR-Arecibo prototype solution for nature and UPR-Arecibo production initiative

1:00-1:20pm Juan Ayala García Implementing a Search Algorithm Eliana Valenzuela UPR-Arecibo with Two Geometric Figures UPR-Arecibo Thalía Vázquez Mora UPR-Arecibo

1:20-1:40pm Carlos Colón Barrios Intelligent Swarm Target Retention Eliana Valenzuela UPR-Arecibo Goal UPR-Arecibo Kenneth González Nieves UPR-Arecibo

1:40-2:00pm Carlos Galán De Arce Optimizing Obstacle Avoidance Eliana Valenzuela UPR-Arecibo Algorithm for Resource UPR-Arecibo Marcos Bosques Pérez Recollection UPR-Arecibo

COMPUTER SCIENCES

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27A CH 321 3:00-3:20pm Eliud Rivas Hernández STEM Apps Eldward Latorre UPR-Arecibo UPR-Arecibo Nicole Torres Santiago UPR-Arecibo

28A CH 320 11:00-11:20am Lillian González Albino Phenotype Response to Higher Ivelisse Rubio UPR Order Mutation Interactions UPR

1:20-1:40pm Alejandro Vega Nogales Towards a Machine Learning José Ortíz UPR System for Detecting and Isolating UPR Anomalous Network Traffic

28B CH 320 3:00-3:20pm Bernardo Roque Carrión Machine Learning Techniques for José Sotero UPR-Humacao Protein Types Classification UPR-Humacao

3:20-3:40pm Jordan Caraballo-Vega Para-aminobenzamidine Spacer José Sotero UPR-Humacao Arms Morphology Classification UPR-Humacao using Machine Learning Algorithms

30A CH 318 1:00-1:20pm Jeffrey Chan Santiago Convolutional Variational Auto- Remi Megret UPR-Rio Piedras Encoders for Modeling the UPR-Río Piedras Appearance of Honeybees in Video

1:20-1:40pm Matías Rosner Ortiz Recognition of Fanning Bees from Remi Megret UPR Video using Convolutional Neural UPR-Río Piedras Zuleyka González Rosa Networks UPR

31A CH 317 1:00-1:20pm Carlos Adames Ramos Exploratory Transcriptomic Data Wandaliz Torres UPR-Mayagüez Analysis for Car-T cell UPR-Mayagüez Characterization

ELECTRONICS

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27B CH 321 4:40-5:00pm Ahisha Pérez Pérez Toy adaptation for Assistive Irvin Balaguer UPR Technology UPR

29A CH 319 12:00-12:20pm Chris Aquino Ortíz A Virtual Instrumentation Manuel Jiménez UPR-Mayagüez Environment for Characterizing UPR-Mayagüez Raúl Cedres Dielectric Absorption in Integrated UPR-Mayagüez Capacitors

ENGINEERING

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26A CH 322 11:40am-12:00pm Mairim Areizaga González Full-culm Bamboo as a Full- Christopher UPR-Mayagüez fledged Engineering Material Papadopoulos UPR-Mayagüez

12:40-1:00pm Ángel Torres González Microstructure and mechanical Oscar M. Suárez UPR-Mayagüez properties analysis of different Al- UPR-Mayagüez Ce-Cu ternary systems

1:00-1:20pm Alexandra Ramos Figueroa Grashof Number: Thermodynamic Antonio Estévez UPR-Mayagüez Equation-Of-State Model for Heat UPR-Mayagüez Transfer Phenomena

1:20-1:40pm Alexandra Fonseca Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Antonio Estévez Montenegro Oil: Method Review UPR-Mayagüez UPR-Mayagüez

1:40-2:00pm Elida Muñiz Vázquez Metal Organic Framework/Carbon Arturo Hernández UPR-Mayagüez Composites for the Removal of UPR-Mayagüez Contaminants of Emerging Concern from Water

26B CH 322 3:20-3:40pm Ramón Padín Monroig Heat treatment optimization of Al- Barbara Calcagño UPR Ce based alloys via differential UPR-Mayagüez scanning calorimetry

4:20-4:40pm Edward Hillman Girod Mechanical Characterization of Christopher UPR 3D Printed Beams in Bending Papadopoulos UPR-Mayagüez

4:40-5:00pm Stefannie Morales Jiménez Synthesis and Characterization of Arturo Hernández UPR-Mayagüez Carbon - Zeolite Compounds for UPR-Mayagüez the Adsorption of Contaminants of Emerging Concern from Water

27A CH 321 11:00-11:20am Gabriel Torres Rivera Low Cost Brain Computer David Serrano UPR-Mayagüez Interface for Complete Locked-in UPR-Mayagüez Julienne Deynes Avilés Syndrome and Unresponsive UPR-Mayagüez Wakefulness Syndrome Patients

27B CH 321 3:20-3:40pm Dayaneira Rivera Rivera Production of Biodiesel from Guido Peña UPR Vegeteble oil UPR-Mayagüez

3:40-4:00pm Gaetana Michelet Microfluidic Stage Holder Design Ruben Diaz UPR-Mayagüez for Single-Cell Electroporation UPR-Mayagüez

4:00-4:20pm John Boria París Design, Construction, Gerardo Salazar SUAGM Troubleshooting & Star-Up Of an SUAGM Carlos Corujo Castro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) SUAGM Pedro Claudio Gómez SUAGM 26

ENGINEERING

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28A CH 320 12:20-12:40pm Christian Lagares Nieves Direct simulations of hypersonic Guillermo Araya UPR-Mayagüez turbulent boundary layers at high UPR-Mayagüez Reynolds numbers

28B CH 320 3:40-4:00pm Esteban Valentín Arroyo Desk Automated Hydroponics Juan González SUAGM System SUAGM-Carolina Yassel Martínez Díaz SUAGM

4:00-4:20pm Pablo Domínguez Grau Improving Cellular Device Tests in Kate Remley SUAGM-Gurabo Reverberation Chambers SUAGM-Gurabo

4:20-4:40pm Elizabeth Rivera-Sierra Improving the Efficiency of Katie Mueller UIA CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing with Wisconsin Engineered Transgene Templates University

4:40-5:00pm Luis Vega Maisonet A Study of Modular Embedded Manuel Jiménez UPR-Mayagüez Technologies for Accurate and UPR-Mayagüez Usable Wind Tunnel Operation

29A CH 319 11:00-11:20am Kevin Huang Zhu Affordability of a 3D Printed Mauricio Cabrera UPR-Mayagüez Customized Mosquito Trap UPR-Mayagüez

12:20-12:40pm Roberto Hernández Martínez A Mid-column Reversal Algorithm Manuel Jiménez UPR for Free-Vehicle Underwater UPR-Mayagüez Exploration

12:40-1:00pm Johnny Sánchez Marrero Elastic Wave Acquisition System Manuel Jiménez UPR-Mayagüez for Non-destructive Testing UPR-Mayagüez

1:20-1:40pm Ambar Velázquez Albino Effect of Solvent on the Stability of Nelson Cardona UPR-Mayagüez Lewis Acidic Sn-Beta Zeolite UPR-Mayagüez Edgard Lebrón Rodríguez Catalyst for the Conversion of C6 UPR-Mayagüez Carbohydrates to ?-hydroxy-acids

29B CH 319 3:20-3:40pm Julie Colón Martínez Aluminum-Cerium Alloys Treated Oscar M. Suárez UPR-Mayagüez with Niobium Diboride UPR-Mayagüez Nanoparticles for Aerospace Applications

3:40-4:00pm Yivaldo Juan Morales Assessing the Viability of Using Oscar M. Suárez UPR-Mayagüez Spathodea campanulata Wood UPR-Mayagüez with Recycled Polymers and the Enhancement of its Properties

4:00-4:20pm Javier Rodríguez Camacho Fabrication of Aluminum Welding Oscar M. Suárez UPR-Mayagüez Fillers Reinforced with Niobium UPR-Mayagüez Diboride Nanoparticles for Aerospace Applications

ENGINEERING

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29B CH 319 4:20-4:40pm Kenyi Choy Hernández Fabrication of Porous Metal via Oscar M. Suárez UPR-Mayagüez Free Corrosion of Hypoeutectic UPR-Mayagüez Aluminum-Copper Alloys

4:40-5:00pm Kenneth Silva Reyes Fabrication of Porous Metals Via Oscar M. Suárez UPR-Mayagüez Dealloying of Al-Zn Alloys in UPR-Mayagüez Acidic Aqueous Solutions

30A CH 318 11:00-11:20am Karnia Ramos Ortíz Mechanical Properties of a Novel Oscar M. Suárez UPR-Mayagüez Al-Ce Alloy Produced via UPR-Mayagüez William Crespo Martínez Centrifugal Casting UPR-Mayagüez

30A CH 318 11:20-11:40am Cristina Lorenzo Velázquez Multi-variable regression models Oscar M. Suárez for compression resistance UPR-Mayagüez estimates for mortars

11:40am-12:00pm Krystal Rodríguez Soto Nanoparticle-Bearing Mortars for Oscar M. Suárez Structural Patchment UPR-Mayagüez

12:00-12:20pm Adriana Echevarría García Study of the Microstructure of an Oscar M. Suárez UPR-Mayagüez Al-Ce Alloy After Free Corrosion UPR-Mayagüez in Alkaline Aqueous Solutions

12:20-12:40pm Edwin Ramos Mercado Syntesis and characterization of Oscar M. Suárez UPR-Mayagüez chitosan/TiO2 as a biocide UPR-Mayagüez composite

12:40-1:00pm Gabriel Cordero Bruno Development of Au Thin Films for Pedro J. Resto UPR-Mayagüez the Detection and Characterization UPR-Mayagüez as a Function of Size of Proteins of Interest using SERS and ATR- SEIRAS

30B CH 318 3:20-3:40pm Ian Rivera Colón Thermal Model and Simulation of Rafael Salgado UIA Photovoltaic Modules Under UIA-Bayamón Javier Morales Ferrer Tropical Weather Conditions UIA

3:40-4:00pm Eugenio Caraballo Justiniano Bioelectric Characterization of Rubén Díaz UPR-Mayagüez Cancer Cell Lines with UPR-Mayagüez Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

4:00-4:20pm Julio Rivera De Jesús Characterization of High- Rubén Díaz UPR throughput Microfluidic Device for UPR-Mayagüez Single-Cell Electroporation

Rubén Díaz UPR-Mayagüez

ENGINEERING

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30B CH 318 4:40-5:00pm Enrique Santana Meléndez Thermal Modeling of Single Rubén Díaz UPR-Mayagüez Nanowire Assembly by LIFT UPR-Mayagüez

31A CH 317 11:00-11:20am Xaimarie Hernández Cruz A Hybrid Pedestrian Evacuation Saylisse Davila UPR-Mayagüez Model for Tsunamis UPR-Mayagüez

11:20-11:40am Elizabeth Torres De Jesús Design and Validation of Sheilla Torres UPR-Mayagüez Turbulence-Generating Structures UPR-Mayagüez Geovannie Alvarado Luna for a Small-Scale Low-Speed Wind UPR-Mayagüez Tunnel

11:40am-12:00pm Félix Torres Soler Experimental design in a low Sheilla Torres UPR-Mayagüez speed wind tunnel: Flow UPR-Mayagüez Separation in a Compressor's Rough-Surfaced Airfoil Cascade

1:20-1:40pm Valerie Maisonave Collazo Gene Expression Biomarker Wandaliz Torres UPR-Mayagüez Discovery in Endometriosis UPR-Mayagüez

1:40-2:00pm Berenice Fernández Rivera Wristband with Vibration on Wilma Santiago UPR-Mayagüez Acupoints for Treatment of Sleep UPR-Mayagüez Marielly Rodríguez Gauthier Problems UPR-Mayagüez

31B CH 317 3:00-3:20pm Yazmin Torres Feliciano Mathematical Model for DC Eduardo Torres UPR-Mayagüez Power Sources UPR-Mayagüez

3:20-3:40pm Yesenia Franqui Bernard Experimental Design and Oscar M. Suárez UPR Characterization of Concrete UPR-Mayagüez Mixtures Using Recycled Plastic, Fly Ash, and Silica Nanoparticles

3:40-4:00pm Rochelly González A study of factors affecting the Lourdes Medina UPR-Mayagüez recruitment and retention of UPR-Mayagüez Women in Engineering

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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1A CH 113 1:40-2:00pm Karelys Febles Moreno Phytoextraction of heavy metals Abner Colon PUCPR in water with Petroselinum PUCPR crispum, Coriandrum sativum, and Mentha piperita

1B CH 113 3:20-3:40pm Naomi Mercado Vélez Evaluation of Avifauna in an Adrianne Tossas UPR-Aguadilla Important Coastal Lagoon in UPR Northern Puerto Rico

3:40-4:00pm Ricardo Berrios Pérez Seabird Monitoring in a Critical Adrianne Tossas UPR-Aguadilla Wildlife Area of Puerto Rico UPR Yaran González González UPR-Aguadilla

2A CH 114 11:20-11:40am María Chardon Suárez Studies of the Borikenophis Alberto Sabat UPR-Rio Piedras portoricensis (Puerto Rican UPR-Rio Piedras Racer) using instruments of citizen science

1:00-1:20pm Jonathan Martínez Gines Cave-Soil Characterization of Angel Acosta UPR Buruquena Cave UPR-Rio Piedras Omar Rodríguez Dominguez UPR

3A CH 12:00-12:20pm Carlos Romero Vázquez Bioremediation: Decolorization Paul Bayman 115-A UPR-Rio Piedras of Colored Dye via Fungal UPR-Rio Piedras Species Isolated from Polluted and Unpolluted Environments in Puerto Rico

4A CH 116 1:00-1:20pm Abner Pérez Nazario Effects of nanoparticles on algal Cliford Louime UPR-Rio Piedras growth dynamics UPR-Rio Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Angélica Colón Cordero Evaluating The Toxicity Of Cliford Louime UPR-Rio Piedras Individual And Mixtures Of UPR-Rio Piedras Nanoparticles On The Dynamics Of Commercially Important Microalgal Strains

4B CH 116 4:00-4:20pm Natushka Pérez Colón Comparative Study of Rate of Celia Osorio UIA-Ponce Adsorption of Cu (II) ions from UIA-Ponce Aqueous Solutions by different sizes of Alginate beads

4:20-4:40pm Nicole Díaz Padín Analysis of Phthalates Extraction Concepción UPR-Bayamón in Sediments of Punta Tuna, Rodriguez Yuleika Martínez Castillo Maunabo, Puerto Rico using GC- UPR-Bayamón UPR-Bayamón MS

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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7A CH 220 1:40-2:00pm Laura Penabad Peña Development of cellulose acetate Eduardo Nicolau UPR-Río Piedras membranes for the removal of UPR-Río Piedras pharmaceuticals from aqueous solution

8A CH 222 12:20-12:40pm Juan Santiago García Are the phenological patterns of Elsie Rivera UPR-Bayamón Annona glabra a wetland plant UPR-Bayamón Yvette Arias Delfi affected by changes in abiotic UPR-Bayamón factors after hurricane Maria in the Punta Tuna Nature Reserve in Maunabo?

12:40-1:00pm Aleysha Rodriguez Colon Characterization of soil bacteria Elsie Rivera UPR-Bayamón from a plantation of the tropical UPR-Bayamón Karina Sanchez Velez wetland plant species Annona UPR-Bayamón glabra (L.)

1:00-1:20pm Brenda Ferrer Lassalle Ecological consequences of seed Elsie Rivera UPR-Bayamón predation in the wetland plant UPR-Bayamón Hillary Rosa Kuilan species Annona glabra UPR-Bayamón

1:20-1:40pm Abigail Strubbe-Nieves Genetic diversity and structure of Elsie Rivera UPR-Bayamón coastal populations of Annona UPR-Bayamón Veronica Blasky Lopez glabra from Puerto Rico UPR-Bayamón

1:40-2:00pm Gabriela Miranda Rivera Microbial Community Analysis for Elsie Rivera UPR-Bayamón Root Tissue of Annona glabra in UPR-Bayamón Kalil Jana Pitre Punta Tuna Wetlands Natural UPR-Bayamón Reserve

8B CH 322 3:40-4:00pm Georgianna Carmona Monge Floristic Composition and Elvira Cuevas UPR-Río Piedras Distribution in a Coastal Urban UPR-Río Piedras Joanne Rodriguez Ortiz Wetland; the Case of Ciénaga las UPR-Río Piedras Cucharillas, Cataño Puerto Rico

4:00-4:20pm Jeremy Mejias Lopez Is the terrestrial/marine Elvira Cuevas UPR-Río Piedras connectivity homogeneous in an UPR-Río Piedras Melanie Figueroa Cordero urban coastal wetland? The case of UPR-Río Piedras the Ciénaga Las Cucharillas in Northern Puerto Rico

9A CH 223 11:40am-12:0pm Aura Muñiz Torres Altitudinal Comparison in Fernando Bird UPR-Mayagüez Microhabitat for Eleutherodactylus UPR-Mayagüez brittoni in Puerto Rico

12:40-1:00pm Brandon Molina Burgos Hydrogen production by water Francisco Marquez SUAGM splitting using Ag@ZnO composites SUAGM under UV-vis light

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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9A CH 223 1:20-1:40pm Allyson Cappacetti Rivera Analysis of damage caused by Denny Fernandez UPR-Humacao Hurricane María to the vegetation UPR Ninotshka Robles Cuevas of the University of Puerto Rico in UPR-Humacao Humacao

11B CH 225 3:40-4:00pm Jonathan López Carrasquillo Design of new primers for Karleen Gonzalez SUAGM quantification of the forgotten SUAGM sulfidogenic Firmicutes

12A CH 226 12:20-12:40pm Luis Esbrí Ruiz Water Quality of the artificial Jorge Ortiz UPR-Río Piedras reintroduction ponds of the Puerto UPR-Río Piedras Rican Crested Toad

13B CH 227 3:20-3:40pm Erica Irizarry Pagan Assessment and Quantification of Karlo Malavé SUAGM-Carolina Vibrio spp. in Tropical Beaches of SUAGM-Carolina Puerto Rico and Their Epidemiological and Public Health Importance

4:00-4:20pm Lydia Núñez Rosario Galleria Mellonella (Lepidoptera) Luz Arroyo SUAGM as a consumer of plastic for SUAGM bioremediation

4:20-4:40pm Marcos Feliciano Chinea Evaluation of Recreational Water Loyda Mendez SUAGM Quality in Puerto Rico Fishing Sites SUAGM

4:40-5:00pm Genesis Rivera Martinez Metal Resistance Profile in Loyda Mendez SUAGM Enterococcus spp. Isolated from SUAGM Non-Commercial Fishing Sites

14A CH 227 11:00-11:20am Carlos Rodriguez Lopez Traffic-related air pollutants and Loyda Mendez SUAGM respiratory symptoms in Puerto SUAGM Rican Children

14B CH 227 3:00-3:20pm Astrid Rodríguez Vélez Immune response of Acropora Liz Diaz UPR-Río Piedras cervicornis to solar radiation and UPR-Río Piedras Lisby Santiago Pagan sea surface temperatures UPR-Río Piedras

3:40-4:00pm Ashley Vázquez Negrón Ulvan-silica aerogels for the Liz Diaz UPR-Río Piedras immobilization of Vibrio fischeri UPR-Río Piedras

15A CH 229 11:20-11:40am Olga Alfonso Rivera Detection of microorganisms in Frances Lugo SUAGM water resources SUAGM

11:40am-12:00pm Bryan Jimenez Jose Heavy metals concentration study in Frances Lugo SUAGM the Bay of San Juan Puerto Rico SUAGM

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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15A CH 229 12:00-12:20pm Nashali Ramos Carrasquillo Zinc, lead and cadmio heavy metals Frances Lugo SUAGM bioabsorption by the algae of the SUAGM Rio Tanama in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

15B CH 229 3:40-4:00pm Joanis Rosa Santiago Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in Maiella Ramos UPR-Arecibo the aquatic macrophyte Lemna UPR-Arecibo Taiz Ulloa Ponce minor in a natural wetland UPR-Arecibo

4:00-4:20pm Israel Soto López Isolation of CuO-NPs Resistant Maiella Ramos UPR-Arecibo Bacteria from B. Monnieri UPR-Arecibo

4:20-4:40pm Noel Cabán González Studies on lead accumulation in Maiella Ramos UPR-Arecibo Lemna minor UPR-Arecibo Yetzzel Cortés Rosario UPR-Arecibo

16A CH 230 12:00-12:20pm Ana González Colón Study Analyzing a Potential Impact Maria De Jesus UPR-Cayey of Anthropogenic Noise on the UPR-Cayey Francisco Torres Torres Abundance and Size of Coenobita UPR-Cayey clypeatus in Selected Beaches of Puerto Rico

20B CH 234 3:20-3:40pm Angel Delgado Ruiz \"Dieta del sapo común (Rhinella Sondra Vega UPR-Arecibo marina) en la Reserva Natural UPR-Arecibo Privada El Tallonal\"

21A CH 327 11:20-11:40am Jousen Merced Colón Production of Silver Nanoparticles Sonia Bailon UPR-Ponce and Nanotoxicity in Aquatic UPR-Ponce Ecosystems

1:00-1:20pm Adalberto Ubiñas Arthropod succession within Steven A. Sloan Romero branches of Plumeria alba UPR 21B CH 327 3:00-3:20pm Paola Reyes Ortiz Bacterial Bioprospecting for José Pérez SUAGM-Gurabo Bioenergy Application in Xylose SUAGM-Gurabo Fermentation

3:20-3:40pm Stephanie Nieves Hernández Bacterial Degradation of Halides José Pérez SUAGM-Gurabo SUAGM-Gurabo

3:40-4:00pm Brian Sang-Laboy Bioprospecting for Chitinases José Pérez SUAGM-Gurabo among Bacteria in Puerto Rico SUAGM-Gurabo

4:00-4:20pm Alexis Healion Del Valle Isolation of putativve lignin José Pérez SUAGM deconstructing bacteria SUAGM-Gurabo

22B CH 328 3:40-4:00pm Andrea Pimentel Rivera Caza para mitigar el impacto de la William Gould Gabriela Massanet Prado iguana verde (Iguana iguana) en Puerto Rico

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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23A CH 326 11:00-11:20am Sharon Nieves Miranda Evaluation of antimicrobial Yadira Malavez UPR-Aguadilla resistance in E. coli strains isolated UPR-Aguadilla from cattle and calves from different management systems

12:00-12:20pm Carlos Lopez Maldonado Population study of bees in Puerto Yolanda Serrano UIA-Bayamón Rico UIA-Bayamón

GENERAL SCIENCES

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1B CH 113 3:00-3:20pm Andrea Rodríguez Villafañe Red Blood Cell Lysis Assay for the Adelfa Serrano UPR-Río Piedras Evaluation of Novel Lead UPR-School of Jafet Rivera Pedrosa Antimalarial Compounds Medicine UPR-Bayamón

8A CH 222 12:00-12:20pm Francisco Rosado Rivera Determination of Transcription Elsie Parés UPR-Mayagüez Factors for Regulation of Nuclear UPR Factor Interleukin-6 Gene using CRISPR ChAp MS

15A CH 229 11:00-11:20am Estheisy Román Pagán Effect of Differential Secretion of Loyda Meléndez UPR-School of Medicine CATB from HIV Infected UPR-School of Macrophages in Neuronal Medicine Apoptosis Pathways

19A CH 233 1:40-2:00pm Anais Cruz García Neuroprotective action of coffee in Eileen Rodríguez SUAGM a Drosophila melanogaster model SUAGM Betsymar Morales Rivera of sporadic Parkinson disease SUAGM

19B CH 233 3:00-3:20pm Alexandra Franco O'Connell Scilab as an auxiliary tool in the Rolando Guzmán Sagrado teaching-learning process in Sagrado Diego Ruíz Maeso Physics and Chemistry Sagrado

GEOSCIENCES

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23B CH 326 3:40-4:00pm Edwin Irizarry Brugman Soil Classification in the Alberto López UPR-Mayagüez Municipalities of Ponce and UPR Mayagüez to Quantify a Liquefaction Susceptibility Map Generated with Soil Survey Data

25A CH 324 11:20-11:40am Alexandra Grajales Perez Paleobiogeography of Hernan Santos UPR-Mayagüez pelomedusoid turtles and new data UPR-Mayagüez Eduardo Cruz Vega from the Oligocene-Miocene San UPR-Mayagüez Sebastian and Yanigua-Los Haitises formations

12:20-12:40pm Rocío Cáliz Padilla Petrographic analysis of the Kenneth Hughes UPR Chuacús Complex in the central UPR Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala

12:40-1:00pm Desireé Bayouth García Volume Changes of Large Mass Kenneth Hughes UPR-Mayagüez Wasting Sites Induced by Hurricane UPR María in Puerto Rico Using Structure from Motion (SfM) and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)

1:00-1:20pm James Padilla Montalvo Whole-rock geochemistry of the Kenneth Hughes UPR Bosque Enano Granite, Sierra de UPR Las Minas Guatemala

26A CH 322 11:00-11:20am Tatiana Fernández Pérez Petrography, Geochemistry and Wilson Ramírez UPR-Mayagüez Genesis of two Neogene Dolomite UPR units located in Guánica and San Sebastián, Puerto Rico

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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1A CH 113 11:40am-12:00pm Nicole Torres Santiago Applications of a Mass-Energy Abel Mendez UPR-Arecibo Habitability Model: Complex Life UPR-Arecibo Shakira González Villanueva UPR-Arecibo

12:00-12:20pm Carlos Herrera Delgado Applications of a Mass-Energy Abel Mendez UPR-Arecibo Habitability Model: Simple Life UPR-Arecibo

12:20-12:40pm Carolina Camacho Vera Basal Protein Profile of Human Abigail Ruiz UPR-Ponce Breast Cell Lines (CCD1074Sk, UPR Luis Morales Pérez MCF7, CCD-1097, Hs578T) UPR-Ponce

12:40-1:00pm Alejandra Acevedo García Effect of resveratrol in the protein Abigail Ruiz UPR-Río Piedras expression of human breast cell UPR Eunice Arcay Rivera lines UPR-Río Piedras

1:00-1:20pm Jerry Arocho Pagán Localization and basal expression Abigail Ruiz UPR-Ponce of the C-X-C motif chemokine UPR receptor 4 in an epithelial cell line

1:20-1:40pm Julio Colón Pérez The expression of autophagic and Abigail Ruiz UPR-Ponce proliferative proteins in human UPR Verónica García Ramírez breast cancer cell lines CCD- UPR-Ponce 1097Sk and MCF7 treated with resveratrol

1B CH 113 4:00-4:20pm Melanie Talavera-Arboniés Aggressive Behavior of the Puerto Alberto Puente UPR-Mayagüez Rican Woodpecker (Melanerpes UPR-Mayagüez portoricensis): a comparative study between urban and forest territories

4:20-4:40pm Gabriela Herrero Rapagna Fungi associated to the skin of Boa Alberto Puente UPR-Mayagüez constrictor in Puerto Rico UPR-Mayagüez

4:40-5:00pm Rafael Berríos Sierra Preliminary Population Study of Alberto Puente UPR-Mayagüez Rodents in a secondary forest in UPR-Mayagüez Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

2A CH 114 11:40am-12:00pm Zabrina Santana Navarro Distribution of the Osteopilus Alberto Sabat UPR-Río Piedras septentrionalis (Cuban Tree Frog) UPR-Río Piedras in Puerto Rico

12:00-12:20pm Hernan Morales Ramírez Effect of acidification in water on Alberto Sabat UPR-Río Piedras the physiology in the development UPR-Río Piedras of the red sea urchin (Echinometra lucunter) in Puerto Rico

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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2A CH 114 12:20-12:40pm Keishla Marrero Acosta Morphometric similarities and Alberto Sabat UPR-Río Piedras differences between males and UPR-Río Piedras females of Borikenophis portoricensis (Puerto Rican Racer) in the Cambalache State Forest, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

12:40-1:00pm Andrea Flores Pérez Cellulose hydrogels as delivery Maribella UPR-Mayagüez vehicle for immunomodulatory Domenech mesenchymal stem cells UPR-Mayagüez

1:20-1:40pm Kiara Rodríguez Pérez Biological Diversity Analysis of the Angel Acosta UPR-Arecibo Cabachuelas Nature Reserve Cave UPR System

1:40-2:00pm Laura Rodríguez Rodríguez Fungal Microfauna in Tourist Angel Acosta UPR-Arecibo Caves in Cabachuelas Nature UPR Tatiana Rosado Rodríguez Reserve Cave System UPR-Arecibo

2B CH 114 3:00-3:20pm Carolina Herrera Barreto Analyzing Fibrinogen and Trem- Anthony UPR-Mayagüez Like Transcript 1 (TLT-1) as Washington potential stimulants for platelet UPR-Río Piedras aggregation in atherosclerosis

3:20-3:40pm Claudia Cruz Santiago Identification of intracellular Anthony UPR-Río Piedras trafficking binding partners for Washington TLT-1 UPR-Río Piedras

3:40-4:00pm Paola Peña García The Creation and Initial Anthony UPR-Río Piedras Characterization of the P- Washington selectin/Triggering Receptor UPR-Río Piedras Expressed on Myeloid cells (TREM) Like Transcipt-1 (TLT-1) Double Null Mouse

4:00-4:20pm Yadiamris Aviles Ruíz Recovery of bat populations after Armando UIA-Bayamón hurricane María at InterAmerican Rodríguez University wetland in Bayamón UIA-Bayamón

4:20-4:40pm John Rosa Rosas Remarkable variation in the diet of Armando UIA-Bayamón Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Rodríguez Noctilionidae) in Puerto Rico UIA-Bayamón

3A CH 11:00-11:20am María Ortíz Fullana A Course-based Research Michelle Borrero 115-A UPR-Río Piedras Experience (CURE) on Cloning UPR-Río Piedras Transcription Factors as a Strategy to Develop Scientific Process Skills in Biology Majors.

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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3A CH 12:40-1:00pm Yael Quiles Ramírez Determine Antimicrobial Activity Brenda Ramos 115-A UPR-Aguadilla of Euphorbia heterophylla in UPR-Aguadilla Bacteria

1:00-1:20pm Nataly Basora Mateo Investigating the Antibacterial Carmen UPR-Humacao Effects of Biological Pigments Hernández from Flowering Plants

3B CH 4:20-4:40pm Kevin Santiago Morales Analysis of Tetracycline Resistance Carlos Ríos 115-A UPR-Mayagüez Genes in Caracolus marginella UPR-Mayagüez Gut Metagenomic Library

11:20-11:40am Angelica González Martínez Monitoring the antibiosis Carlos Ríos UPR- Mayagüez production potential of cultivable UPR- Mayagüez mycoprospects isolated from water and soil samples from the center under the 305m reflector plate of the Arecibo Observatory using radial methods

11:40am-12:00pm Náyaret Rivera García Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria Carlos Ríos UPR- Mayagüez Isolated from Puerto Rico as UPR- Mayagüez Bioprospects for Biofilm Production

12:00-12:20pm Adriana Quintero Rivera Uncultivable Bacteria as Carlos Ríos UPR- Mayagüez Bioprospects for Biofilm UPR- Mayagüez Production

12:40-1:00pm Kharina Roman Rivera The effects of mitophagy deficient Ceidy Torres PUCPR pathway in viability and PUCPR mitochondrial abundance under oxidative stress conditions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1:40-2:00pm Giovanni Maldonado Torres Estudio de los requerimientos Conrado Calzada PUCPR nutricionales de los hongos PUCPR Julienn Torres Rodríguez aislados de las hojas de los PUCPR mangles rojo y negro de la Guancha en Ponce, Puerto Rico

4B CH 116 3:00-3:20pm Rubén López Silva Fungi present in plants associated Conrado Calzada PUCPR to mangrove forest at "La PUCPR Guancha" in Ponce, Puerto Rico .

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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4B CH 116 4:40-5:00pm Jesús Quiñones Llópiz Demography variations of the land Concepción UPR- Bayamón crab Cardisoma guanhumi in Rodríguez areas associated with the presence UPR- Bayamón of the wetland plant Annona glabra.

5A CH 218 11:00-11:20am Dariel Báez Rivera Does soil abiotic factors, incidence Concepción UPR- Bayamón of light, leaf litter and the presence Rodríguez of the burrows of the land crab UPR- Bayamón Cardisoma guanhumi are related to the abundance of Annona glabra seedlings?

11:20-11:40am Adriana Reyes Rivera Influence of the microbiota present Concepción UPR- Bayamón on the Annona glabra soil at Rodríguez Andrea Belaza Saldarriaga Reserva Natural Humedal Punta UPR- Bayamón UPR- Bayamón Tuna, Maunabo, Puerto Rico

11:40am-12:00pm Noel Pérez Vargas Monitoreo de factores bioticos y Concepción UPR- Bayamón abioticos del bosque de Annona Rodríguez glabra en el humedal de Punta UPR- Bayamón Tuna, Maunabo, PR

12:00-12:20pm Zairelys Reyes Rivera Prevalent Health Issues amongst Cristina Pomales UPR-Mayagüez Puerto Rican Agricultural Workers UPR-Mayagüez

6A CH 219 12:20-12:40pm Armando Nieves Effects of metal nanoparticles in Catalina Dávila Carrasquillo microalgae growth and lipid SUAGM SUAGM accumulation rates

12:40-1:00pm Olga Gracia González From Algae to Biofuels: Catalina Dávila SUAGM- Gurabo Bioprospecting of Native Strains SUAGM and Study of Mixotrophic Metabolism in Microalgae

1:00-1:20pm Adriana Gutiérrez Camacho Finding a link between physical Diana Rodríguez CROEM- UPRM exercise and improvements in CROEM cognitive skills by analyzing beta- brainwaves

1:20-1:40pm Molishka Flores-Narváez Therapeutic potential of Dinah Ramos PUCPR commercially-available PUCPR cannabidiol oil for Alzheimer 's disease using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model

1:40-2:00pm Jessiry Abreu Cruz Creation of Open-celled 3D Emma Fernández UPR- Humacao Printed Casts and Splints UPR Osvaldo Rivera Valentn UPR- Río Piedras

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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6A CH 219 3:00-3:20pm Harold Vázquez Meléndez A model to study the effects of Edilberto Arteaga Joseph Hernández Bracero human mobility and the spread of UIA-Metro UIA-Metro Zika Virus (ZIKV)

3:20-3:40pm Lizmarie Silva Trinidad Modeling the environmental Edilberto Arteaga Luisa Torres Builes factors in the spread of Zika Virus UIA-Metro UIA- Metro

6B CH 219 3:40-4:00pm Pamela Martínez Oquendo El presupuesto de tiempo del Edwin PUCPR lagartijo jardinero del sur (Anolis Carrasquillo poncensis) en la Reserva Natural PUCPR Punta Cucharas en Ponce, Puerto Rico

4:00-4:20pm Dianise Rodríguez García Arachidonoyl-2-chloroethylamide Edu Suárez UPR- Ponce alleviates acute and inflammatory UPR-Ponce pain in a sex-dependent manner

4:20-4:40pm Marinel Ocasio Rivera Asthma in Puerto Rico: Targeting Edu Suárez UPR- Ponce Protease Activated Receptor-2 UPR-Ponce (PAR-2) as an Adjuvant Therapy

4:40-5:00pm Ralphdy Vergne Montes DNA damage potential of Vitamin Edu Suárez UIA- Ponce D in Luminal A and Luminal B UPR-Ponce cells line

7A CH 220 11:00-11:20am Dormarie Rivera Rodríguez Host restriction factors may affect Edu Suárez UPR-Ponce HIV-1 infection in glioblastoma UPR-Ponce cells and CD4+ T cells

7B CH 220 3:00-3:20pm Claudia Pérez Draper Novel peptide-polymer conjugate Eduardo Nicolau UPR- Río Piedras with Maximin H5, an antimicrobial UPR Víctor Rodríguez Ramos peptide, as potential bacterial UPR- Río Piedras inhibitor for water purification purposes

3:20-3:40pm Kimberly Rivera Caraballo Phosphorylation Profile of the Edwin Traverso UPR- Humacao Tumorhead Protein throughout UPR- Humacao Xenopus laevis Development

3:40-4:00pm Juan Velázquez Matos The Role of MUSA1 during Edwin Traverso UPR- Humacao Somitogenesis in Xenopus laevis UPR- Humacao

4:00-4:20pm José Silva Martínez Isolation and Characterization of Edwin Vázquez UPR- Cayey Bioluminescent Bacteria from UPR- Cayey Tropical Waters of Puerto Rico

8B CH 222 3:00-3:20pm Gabriel Ríos San Miguel Variation in abiotic conditions on Elsie Rivera UPR- Bayamón a coastal stand of Annona glabra UPR after Hurricane Maria

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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8B CH 222 3:20-3:40pm Myrna Núñez Obén Variation of bacteria in the soil of Elsie Rivera UPR- Bayamón the wetland Punta Tuna in UPR Maunabo

3:20-3:40pm Ricardo Rodríguez Bárzana Variation of bacteria in the soil of Elsie Rivera UPR- Bayamón the wetland Punta Tuna in UPR Maunabo

4:20-4:40pm Gabriel Meléndez Corres Deterministic and Stochastic Ernesto Esteban UPR- Humacao Compartment Models for Total UPR- Humacao Body Irradiation

4:40-5:00pm Lusmeralis Almodovar PSA-Specific Age Ranges for Ernesto Esteban Abreu Prostate Cancer Patients in Puerto UPR- Humacao UPR- Humacao Rico

9A CH 223 11:00-11:20am Iancarlos Jimenez Sacarello Estrogen Non-Genomic Signaling Esther Peterson UPR- Río Piedras as a Potential Therapeutic Target UPR- Río Piedras in Inflammatory Breast Cancer

12:00-12:20pm Anelisse Dominicci Maura Cervical fungal communities in Filipa Godoy UPR Puerto Rican Women change with UPR HPV risk

1:00-1:20pm Ian Pérez Cruz Food Availability for Insectivorous Fred Schaffner SUAGM Birds of the Secondary Coastal SUAGM Dry Forest at Jobos Bay, Salinas, Puerto Rico

1:40-2:00pm Jennyfer Machado Rosado Species richness and abundance of Denny Fernández UPR- Humacao pollinators after Hurricane Maria UPR- Humacao Johann Crespo Zapata in Humacao Nature Reserve, UPR- Humacao eastern Puerto Rico

9A CH 223 3:00-3:20pm Andrés Pérez Cintrón Using iNaturalist as a valid tool Denny Fernández UPR- Humacao for education and research; the UPR- Humacao case of the Efraín Archilla Diez Humacao Nature Reserve and a secondary forest at the University of Puerto Rico - Humacao Campus

3:20-3:40pm Cynthia González Díaz Vegetation Analysis of a Secondary Denny Fernández UPR- Humacao Forest in Humacao Before and UPR Jamilys Rivera Rodríguez After Hurricane Maria UPR- Humacao

4:20-4:40pm Paola Ginés Vélez Bacterial Inhibition with extracts Guido Peña UPR- Arecibo of algae Padina Gymnospora and UPR Sweitenia Macrophylla

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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10a CH 224 11:00-11:20am Kathleen Morales Sánchez A Proteomic Approach to Crohn's Horacio Serrano UPR- Bayamón Disease: A Review UPR- School of Nahir Robles Rijo Medicine UPR- Río Piedras

11:20-11:40am Herreld Rosado Loubriel Identification of antibiotic Luz Arroyo SUAGM producers' bacteria and antibiotic SUAGM extraction and characterization

11:40am-12:00pm Gabriela Hernández Díaz Antibiotic Properties of Native and Ileana Rodríguez UPR Endemic Plants from Puerto Rico UPR

12:20-12:40pm Adriana Guzmán Domínguez Kalanchoe plants and their Ileana Rodríguez UPR- Humacao antibacterial activity against UPR Gabriel Rivera Torres respiratory and digestive infections UPR- Humacao

10B CH 224 3:40-4:00pm Nalishka Villafañe García Anthelminthic properties of plants Iván Dávila UPR- Humacao extract against free-living soil UPR nematodes

4:00-4:20pm Anna Martínez Guadalupe Mechanical properties of Ti-C Javier Avalos UPR- Río Piedras composite and its biomedical UPR Bayamón Saúl Sandoval Rodríguez applications UPR Bayamón

11A CH 225 11:00-11:20am Stephanie Colón Marrero Characterization of Wnt family José García UPR- Río Piedras members in Holothuria glaberrima UPR- Río Piedras

11:20-11:40am Joseph Salem Hernánde Functional Analysis of Myc during José García UPR- Río Piedras Echinoderm Intestinal UPR- Río Piedras Regeneration using RNAi

11:40am-12:00pm Sebastián Cruz González Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of José García UPR- Río Piedras early intestinal regeneration in the UPR- Río Piedras sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima

12:00-12:20pm Alexandra Amador Holothuria glaberrima intestinal José García Maldonado regeneration during Notch UPR- Río Piedras UPR- Río Piedras pathway blockade

12:20-12:40pm Adrianna Rivera León Identification and characterization José García UPR- Río Piedras of BSL-78 during intestinal UPR- Río Piedras regeneration in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima

12:40-1:00pm Thaybeth Malavé Méndez Optimization of Lipofectamine as a José García UPR- Río Piedras Transfection Method for Intestinal UPR- Río Piedras Tissue Explants of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria glaberrima 43

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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11A CH 225 1:00-1:20pm John González Amoretti Characterization of John González SUAGM neurotransmitter absorption on SUAGM Vitmary Rivera Rodríguez Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes in SUAGM Drosophila melanogaster

1:20-1:40pm Ian Maldonado Ortíz Initial Impacts of Hurricane Irma José Rodríguez UPR- Ponce and Maria on Migratory Birds UPR- Ponce Diversity on the Punta Cucharas Natural Reserve, Ponce, Puerto Rico

1:40-2:00pm Manuel La Torre Poueymirou Essential Role of CHS in Ion José Lasalde UPR- Río Piedras Channel Functioning and Thermal UPR- Río Piedras Stability of The Native Muscle-type nAChR-Detergent-Complex

11B CH 225 3:00-3:20pm Daniel Rivera Moran Production of Recombinant José Lasalde UPR- Río Piedras Baculovirus and Cell transduction UPR- Río Piedras Edwin Peña Martínez for the Expression of the Human UPR- Bayamón a4b2 nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

11B CH 225 3:20-3:40pm Adrian Muñíz Sarriera Purification and Crystallization of José Lasalde UPR- Río Piedras the Transmembranal Proteins UPR- Río Piedras using the RMP@LMX device V.1.5

12A CH 226 1:00-1:20pm Claudia Cordero Martínez Impact of Hurricane María on José Agosto UPR- Río Piedras reproduction, internal resources UPR- Río Piedras Janpierre Alemán Ríos and the effect of feeding substitutes UPR- Río Piedras on a honey bee colony

1:20-1:40pm Airined Montes Mercado The Impact of Hurricane María on José Agosto UPR- Río Piedras the Control of Humidity in a UPR- Río Piedras Luis Santos Vidot Honey Bee colony UPR- Río Piedras

1:40-2:00pm Noel Claudio Soto Bioremediation of HDPE, Diesel José Arbelo UPR- Arecibo and Oil using Paenibacillus UPR chibensis from contaminated soils with hydrocarbons

12B CH 226 3:00-3:20pm Felix Badillo Soto Creation of a gDNA Library of José Planas UPR-Aguadilla Guanica Halobacteria UPR-Aguadilla Wilfredo Villafañe Ortiz UPR-Aguadilla 3:20-3:40pm Yamil Miranda Negron Determination of Membrane José Planas UPR-Aguadilla Glycoprotein of Guánica Saltern UPR-Aguadilla Halobacteria

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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12B CH 226 3:40-4:00pm Emili Rosado Rodríguez Uncovering DNA binding José Rodríguez UPR- Río Piedras properties of the GATA4 and TBX5 UPR- Río Piedras transcription factor complex

4:40-5:00pm Angeliz Peña Díaz Antibacterial effect of essential oils Julia Vergara UPR-Humacao from medicinal and aromatic UPR-Humacao Natalie Meléndez Vázquez plants: an insight into specific bio- UPR-Humacao active components

13A CH 227 11:20-11:40am Eric Blanco Ruiz Detection of CB 2 protein Juliana Pérez UPR abundance by immunofluorescence UPR-Aguadilla in mammary tissue during clinical mastitis

11:40am-12:00pm Sergio Acevedo Cortes Investigating the therapeutic Juliana Pérez UPR-Aguadilla potential of CB2 in modulation of UPR-Aguadilla inflammation in the mammary gland during lactation

12:40-1:00pm Michael Soto Cintrón Evaluation of the pharmacological Karen Woolcock UPR- Arecibo interactions of gemcitabine and UPR-Arecibo Natalia Acevedo Muñoz natural compounds for the UPR- Arecibo treatment of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

1:00-1:20pm Kevin Ongay Montero Inhibition of the proliferation of Karen Woolcock Melanie Cubano Santiago human pancreatic carcinoma cells UPR Arecibo UPR-Arecibo by phenolic compounds obtained from ginger

1:20-1:40pm Cristopher Marrero Román Optimization of the detection of E- Karen Woolcock UPR- Arecibo cadherin on PANC-1 cells and UPR Arecibo Diego Castro Reyes evaluation of its expression after UPR- Arecibo treatment with Gemcitabine and natural compounds

13B CH 227 3:00-3:20pm Juan Rodríguez Centeno Potable Water Disinfection using a Javier Avalos UPR-Bayamón Bactericidal and Oxidized Nano UPR Bayamón Kloe Cuevas Collazo Diamond Material UPR-Bayamón

3:40-4:00pm Kristyan Sosa Quiles Identification of a Lactase UPR Arecibo UPR- Arecibo Persistence Polymorphisms in a Small Sample of the Puertorican Population

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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14A CH 228 11:20-11:40am Yelissa Dávila ONeill Arsenic resistance in Loyda Méndez SUAGM environmental strains of SUAGM Enterococcus spp. isolated from irrigation water in Puerto Rico

11:40am-12:00pm Héctor Rosa López Effects of Pulmonary Function to Loyda Méndez SUAGM-Carolina the Cognition of Children Exposed SUAGM to Traffic Related Air Pollution

12:00-12:20pm Estheany Román Pagán Metal and Antibiotics Resistance Loyda Méndez SUAGM-Carolina Patterns in Enterococcus spp. SUAGM Isolated from Irrigation Water

12:20-12:40pm Joshua Pérez Torres Neuroinflammatory cytokines in Loyda Méndez SUAGM-Carolina mice treated with a dopamine SUAGM antagonist

12:40-1:00pm José Marrero Valentín Roadside Exposure to Traffic Loyda Méndez SUAGM Related Air Pollutants SUAGM

14B CH 228 4:00-4:20pm Nicole De León Flores Immunization Status of Infants Lourdes García UPR-Río Piedras Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive UPR Care Unit and Factors Associated to Delay in Administration

4:20-4:40pm Anndra González González Prevalence of Bullying in Children Lourdes García UPR-Río Piedras with Chronic Conditions UPR

4:40-5:00pm Valerie Díaz Santiago Noise Environmental Hazard in Lourdes García UPR-Río Piedras the NICU UPR

15A CH 229 12:40-1:00pm Adriana Pontón Almodóvar Exposure of hepatocellular Luis Alamo PUCPR carcinoma cells (HEP-G2) to PUCPR CdSTe QDs

15B CH 229 4:40-5:00pm Jaseph Soto Pérez Potential Antibacterial Activity Maiella Ramos UPR from Usnea barbata Extracts UPR-Arecibo

16A CH 230 11:00-11:20am Nicole Maldonado Pérez Potential Antibacterial Activity of Maiella Ramos UPR Usnea barbata Soxhlet Extractions UPR-Arecibo

12:20-12:40pm Julymar Rodríguez López Population dynamics of Puerto Neftalí Rios UPR-Humacao Rican anurans in response to UPR-Humacao climatic disturbances

17B CH 231 3:40-4:00pm Ian Español De La Cruz Meiobenthic fauna from a shallow Nikolaos Schizas UPR-Mayagüez water sediment sample near UPR-Mayagüez Guadeloupe.

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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17B CH 231 4:00-4:20pm Keisha Roldán-Báez Apoptosis Gene Analysis in Noemí Soto SUAGM- Cupey Colorectal Cell Line after SUAGM- Cupey treatment with Azapodophyllotoxin drug derivatives

4:20-4:40pm Jorge Figueroa Rodríguez DNA Damage Activation in Noemí Soto SUAGM Adenocarcinoma Colon Cell Line SUAGM- Cupey by Potent Chemotherapeutic Drug

4:40-5:00pm Soely Luyando Lusa Effects of environmental variables María Ocasio SUAGM on shrimp reproduction in a SUAGM freshwater system in Puerto Rico

18A CH 232 11:00-11:20am Andrea Rodríguez Rolón Association between periodontitis Oelisoa UPR-School of Medicine and cholesterol levels in type 2 Andriankaja diabetic patients UPR-School of Medicine

12:00-12:20pm Gabriel Martínez Zayas Peptide labeled gold liposomal Pablo Vivas UPR–Río Piedras nanoparticles for RNAi delivery UPR-School of into the brain Medicine

12:20-12:40pm Andrea Rosado Albacarys Role of RBPMS-1 isoform A and C Pablo Vivas UPR–Río Piedras in Cisplatin Resistance in Ovarian UPR-School of Cancer Medicine

12:40-1:00pm Nicole Irizarry Tardi Assessment of biofilms of Candida Patricia Ortíz UPR-Mayagüez albicans in co-culture with UPR-Mayagüez Escherichia coli clones from a tropical hypersaline metagenomic library

1:00-1:20pm Maritza Cruz Hernández Development of a semi-defined, co- Patricia Ortíz UPR-Mayagüez culture media formulation for the UPR-Mayagüez study of breast cancer microbiota

1:20-1:40pm Yarelis González-Vargas The effect of supernatants from a Patricia Ortíz UPR-Mayagüez collection of liquid cultures on UPR-Mayagüez Candida albicans biofilm formation

18B CH 232 3:20-3:40pm Naydee Díaz Rodríguez Population Density of Feral Cats Raymond UPR-Humacao in Puerto Rico Tremblay Normandie González UPR-Humacao Orellana UPR-Humacao

3:40-4:00pm Mikaela Rodríguez González Anxiolytic Effects of Organic Ricardo Chiesa UPR-Cayey Extracts from Stypopodium Zonale UPR Roshanara Díaz Mejía in The Forced Swim Test using UPR-Cayey Drosophila Melanogaster 47

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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19A CH 233 1:20-1:40pm Luisángely Soto Torres Frogs on a cloud!: Monitoring Rafael Joglar UPR-Río Piedras amphibian populations on a cloud UPR-Río Piedras forest at El Yunque, Puerto Rico

19B CH 233 3:20-3:40pm Raisa Vélez Contreras Using Mud from Puerto Rico for Rolando Guzmán USC Electrical Energy Production. USC Sarahí Medina Nieves USC

20A CH 234 11:40am-12:00pm Stephanie Cameron Infrared studies of sulfide species Ruth Pietri Maldonado with superoxide dismutase: Role of UPR-Cayey UPR-Cayey sulfhydration in oxidative stress

12:00-12:20pm Vidmari Santana Esclavón Identification of endophytic fungi Sandra Rodríguez UPR- Humacao in Pimenta racemosa (Bay rum UPR- Humacao tree)

12:20-12:40pm Ashley Rivera • Genetic Mutations related to fast Sandra Barroso Universidad Central food Universidad Bayamón Central Bayamón

12:40-1:00pm Luis Cruz-Flores Barcode of Fungi in Puerto Rico Sharon Cantrell SUAGM SUAGM

1:00-1:20pm Albert Román Rivera Casual Agents Associated with Sharon Cantrell SUAGM Casearia arborea and Guarea SUAGM guidonia Symptomatology in Puerto Rico Rain Forest

1:20-1:40pm Louis Colón Santiago Characterization of Pathogenic Sharon Cantrell SUAGM Fungi Associated with Native SUAGM Species at "El Yunque" National Rain Forest

1:40-2:00pm Brandon Rivera Rivera Seeking for Bacteria Resistant Sharon Cantrell SUAGM Genes Exposed to Different SUAGM Antibiotics in Water Environments in Puerto Rico

21A CH 327 11:40am-12:00pm Karina Rosado Braña Herbivory impact on seed quality Steven Sloan UPR- Bayamón and germination of Plumeria alba UPR trees

12:00-12:20pm Angel Negrón Pantoja Soil arthropods communities Steven Sloan UPR- Bayamón following Plumeria alba field UPR David Rivera Viera experiment UPR- Bayamón

12:20-12:40pm Rolando Irizarry Alvarez Stem arthropods in Plumeria alba Steven Sloan UPR- Bayamón UPR 48

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

21A CH 327 1:20-1:40pm Alondra Medina Charriez Bird Community Composition in Michelle Borrero UPR- Río Piedras Urban Forests of Metropolitan UPR- Río Piedras Puerto Rico Following Hurricane María

1:40-2:00pm Edwin Caraballo Sánchez Effects of the Hurricane María on Tugrul Giray UPR- Río Piedras Thermoregulation in a Honey Bee UPR Iván Collado Hernández colony UPR- Río Piedras

21B CH 327 4:40-5:00pm Stephanie Ríos Cartagena Bioprospecting for New Antibiotic- Jose R. Pérez SUAGM Producing Bacteria in Pearly-Eyed SUAGM- Gurabo Thrasher and Gray Kingbird

22A CH 328 11:00-11:20am Kevin Rivera Cuadrado Initial microbiology of dog-related Jose R. Pérez SUAGM artifacts SUAGM- Gurabo

11:20-11:40am Yaisha Vega Santiago Isolation of Airborne Haloalkane- Jose R. Pérez SUAGM- Gurabo Degrading Fungi from Puerto Rico SUAGM- Gurabo

11:40am-12:00pm Bianca Serrano Torres Isolation of Putative Xylene- Jose R. Pérez SUAGM- Gurabo degrading Bacteria Across SUAGM- Gurabo Neotropical Ecosystems

12:00-12:20pm Glorymar Rivera González Production of Jose R. Pérez SUAGM- Gurabo Polyhydroxyalkanoates in SUAGM- Gurabo Different Environments of Puerto Rico

22B CH 328 4:20-4:40pm Luis Padilla Santiago Knockout of Rad52 by Xiaohua Wu UPR-Ponce CRISPR/CAS9 to study Break- Scripps Research Induced Replication (BIR) Pathway

23A CH 326 11:20-11:40am Paola Ramos Irizarry Detection and Identification of Yaliz Loperena PUCPR Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii PUCPR complex in decomposing organic matter and cacti after the impact of Hurricane Maria

11:40am-12:00pm Yaniris Molina Aponte Novel cellulases from halotolerant Samuel Burgos UPR-Humacao microorganisms found at the UPR-Humacao Salterns of Cabo Rojo and their applications in the biotechnology field

12:20-12:40pm Edwin Álvarez Torres Nicotine effects in C. elegans short Zaira Mateo PUCPR- Ponce term memory PUCPR- Ponce

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

23A CH 326 1:00-1:20pm Jose Somohano Short Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases Zomary Flores UPR- Río Piedras are Necesarry for Protein Repair UPR- Río Piedras in Vibrio fischeri

1:20-1:40pm Christopher Eusebio Ortiz Vibrio fischeri has a highly Zomary Flores UPR- Río Piedras efficient response to oxidative UPR- Río Piedras stress

MATHEMATICS

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

26A CH 322 12:00-12:20pm Giovanni Ferrer Suárez Bounds of Hausdorff measure of Alejandro Vélez UPR- Mayagüez the Koch Cube, a 3-Dimensional UPR- Mayagüez Koch Snowflake Analog

27B CH 321 4:20-4:40pm Rose Luna Rivera Musical Mathematics Fernando Piñero UPR-Ponce UPR

28A CH 320 11:20-11:40am Javier Santiago Vélez Binomial Permutations Ivelisse Rubio UPR- Río Piedras UPR- Río Piedras Karla Borges Alvarado UPR- Río Piedras

11:40am-12:00pm Dylan Cruz Fonseca Binomials of the form x^m [ x^((q ? Ivelisse Rubio UPR- Río Piedras 3)/ 2) + B ] that do not produce UPR- Río Piedras permutations

12:00-12:20pm Andrés Ramos Rodríguez Diagram Algebra of Planar Block Ivelisse Rubio UPR- Río Piedras Permutations UPR- Río Piedras

1:00-1:20pm Joemar Pérez Guzmán Acoustic Analysis for the Detection José Candelaria UPR- Arecibo of the Crested Toad utilizing UPR- Arecibo monitor

29A CH 319 11:20-11:40am Arnaldo Tousset Rodríguez High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Maytee Cruz UPR- Cayey Genomes UPR-Cayey Desiré Vázquez Ortíz UPR- Cayey

11:40am-12:00pm Gretchen Figueroa Santiago Mathematical Epidemiology of the Maytee Cruz UPR- Cayey Human ImmunodeficiencyVirus UPR-Cayey Israel Hernández Rivera (HIV) in Puerto Rico UPR- Cayey

1:00-1:20pm Edgardo Peña Cotto At Most Two-To-One Functions Moisés Delgado UPR- Cayey For Trapdoor Functions UPR- Cayey

1:40-2:00pm Brian Reyes Vélez A Family of Permutation Omar Colón UPR- Mayagüez Polynomials over a Finite Field UPR- Mayagüez

29B CH 319 3:00-3:20pm Laura Mora Mercado Some Criteria for Permutation Omar Colón UPR- Mayagüez Binomials over Finite Fields UPR- Mayagüez

30A CH 318 1:40-2:00pm Geraldo Soto Rosa Introduction To f-Factorizations Reyes Ortíz UPR- Mayagüez UPR- Mayagüez

30B CH 318 3:00-3:20pm André Hernández Espiet On the Characterization of Reyes Ortíz UPR- Mayagüez $\\tau_{(n)}$-Atoms II UPR- Mayagüez

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

2B CH 114 4:40-5:00pm Nicole Camacho Fontánez Neuroprotective Effect of N- William Atchison SUAGM acetylcysteine on Mouse Motor- Michigan State Neuron Like Cells in University Methylmercury-Induced Toxicity

15A CH 229 1:20-1:40pm Andres López Rivas Andrographolide alters Magaly Martinez UPR- Río Piedras metabolism and mitochondrial UPR- School of function in prostate cancer Medicine

22B CH 328 3:00-3:20pm Melanie Ortíz Alvarez De La A Minimalistic Method for Vilmali Lopez Campa Solubility Determination: A Step UPR- Río Piedras UPR- Río Piedras Towards A Continuous Chiral Crystallization Process Development

3:20-3:40pm Waldemar Rodríguez Silva Bisphosphonate-Based Vilmali Lopez UPR- Río Piedras Coordination Complexes and their UPR- Río Piedras Potentiation in Treating Bone- Related Diseases

PHYSICS

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

23B CH 326 4:00-4:20pm Roberto Gorbea Finalet Shor\'s Algorithm Heeralal Janwa UPR-Río Piedras UPR

4:20-4:40pm Edgar Albelo Ortíz Characteristics of vanadium oxide Armando Rua thin films prepared by sputtering UPR- Mayagüez DC for bolometer detectors

4:40-5:00pm Tiahra Aviles González Characterization of MoS2 Thin Armando Rua UPR- Mayagüez Films UPR- Mayagüez

24A CH 325 11:00-11:20am Miguel De Jesús Soto Electrical Properties of Vanadium Armando Rua sesquioxide thin films UPR- Mayagüez

11:20-11:40am Alexuan Martinó Vera Implementing Raspberry Pi 3 and Armando Rua UPR- Mayagüez Python in the Physics Laboratory UPR- Mayagüez

11:40am-12:00pm Christian Nieves Rosado Mechanical Properties of V3O5 Armando Rua UPR- Mayagüez thin films UPR- Mayagüez

12:00-12:20pm Michelle Marrero García Phase Change Materials for Space Armando Rua UPR- Mayagüez Technology UPR- Mayagüez

12:20-12:40pm Manuel Lozano Arroyo Structural and Electrical Armando Rua UPR- Mayagüez Characterizations of Vanadium UPR- Mayagüez Dioxide Thin Films on Ruo2/Tio2 deposited by DC Magnetron Sputtering

12:40-1:00pm Miguel Castro Rivera Understanding the Structure of Betul Pamuk UIA - Bayamón Germanium Sulfide Cornell University

24B CH 325 3:20-3:40pm Vilmary Ojeda Álvarez Microscopy Study of Copper Oxide Dorcas I. Torres UIA Doped Nanostructures Grown by UIA - Bayamón Vapor-Solid Process

3:40-4:00pm Melissa Puen Consuegra Implementation of Tin Gerardo Morell UPR Río Piedras dioxide/Graphene/Graphene Oxide UPR Río Piedras for high capacity and long cycle life Supercapacitors

4:00-4:20pm Laura Agosto Zeppenfeldt Localized grown Graphene on Au Gerardo Morell UPR Río Piedras covered Silicon Substrates for UPR Río Piedras electronic applications.

4:20-4:40pm Cid M. Calderón Rodríguez Microporous carbon hybrid Gerardo Morell UPR- Río Piedras nanostructure for supercapacitors UPR Río Piedras

PHYSICS

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

24B CH 325 4:40-5:00pm Julio Santiago Aldeano Improvement of specific Gerardo Morell UPR- Río Piedras capacitance in lithium batteries by UPR Río Piedras mesoporous carbon hybrid nanostructures.

25A CH 324 11:00-11:20am Cristyan Quiñones Garcia Remote Fiber-Optic Reflectance Antonio Martinez UPR- Río Piedras Spectroscopy (Fors) As An UPR- Río Piedras Alternative To Hyperspectral Imaging For Pigment Identification In Large Format Paintings

11:40am-12:00pm Adneliz Catala Catala Water Treatment Membranes using Javier Avalos UPR- Bayamón a Stable and Bactericidal Nano UPR Swizel Tevenal Baez Diamond Material UPR- Bayamón

12:00-12:20pm Diyaselis Delgado López On-Demand Distributed Workflow Kati Lassila UPR- Mayagüez for Physics Analysis at CMS Experiment

25B CH 324 3:00-3:20pm Angel Ortíz Nuñez The Designing and Fabricating of Peter Feng UPR- Río Piedras Gas Sensitive Sensor Arrays with UPR the Application of Detecting Pollutants for Enviormental Control

3:20-3:40pm Elvin Cordero Figueroa Formation of Oriented Nanofibers Rogerio Furlan UPR- Humacao and Net-like Nanostructures UPR Containing Aloe Vera

3:40-4:00pm Raymond Ortíz Cardona Nanofibers Containing Rogerio Furlan UPR- Humacao Polyvinylpyrrolidone and Titanium UPR Dioxide Nanoparticles Using Conventional and Non- Conventional Electrospinning

4:00-4:20pm Lee R. Chevres Fernández Study of the role of angular Samuel Santana UPR- Mayagüez momentum and energy in magnetic UPR reconnection using PIC simulation of 3D reconnection and MMS data

4:20-4:40pm Guillermo Fidalgo Rodríguez Machine Learning for HCAL DQM Sudhir Malik UPR- Mayagüez UPR

4:40-5:00pm Zulmari Silva Pedraza ZnO nanoshells and thin films: Wilfredo Otaño UPR- Cayey Gas sensing response under 1% UPR- Cayey H2 atmosphere at different temperatures

PHYSICS

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

26A CH 322 11:20-11:40am Britney Hopgood Berdecía Generating Cooled-Atom Clouds Yesenia Rivera Polytechnic University of of Rubidium-85 for Inertial UPR- Mayagüez Puerto Rico Sensing Applications Yesenia Rivera Lopez UPR- Mayagüez

Session 1A Room: Chardón 113 Moderator: Gabriela Román

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Synthesis of Catechol Analogs Alexy Padilla Andújar Chemistry Adalgisa Batista for Their Future Electrochemical Studies

11:20-11:40am Synthesis of Hydroquinone Arnaldo Torres Hernández Chemistry Adalgisa Batista Analogs for Their Applications in Self-Assembled Monolayers

11:40am-12:00pm Applications of a Mass-Energy Nicole Torres Santiago Life/Biological Abel Méndez Habitability Model: Complex Shakira González Villanueva Sciences Life

12:00-12:20pm Applications of a Mass-Energy Carlos Herrera Delgado Life/Biological Abel Méndez Habitability Model: Simple Sciences Life

12:20-12:40pm Basal Protein Profile of Carolina Camacho Vera Life/Biological Abigail Ruiz Human Breast Cell Lines Luis Morales Pérez Sciences (CCD1074Sk, MCF7, CCD- 1097, Hs578T)

12:40-1:00pm Effect of resveratrol in the Alejandra Acevedo García Life/Biological Abigail Ruiz protein expression of human Eunice Arcay Rivera Sciences breast cell lines

1:00-1:20pm Localization and basal Jerry Arocho Pagán Life/Biological Abigail Ruiz expression of the C-X-C motif Sciences chemokine receptor 4 in an epithelial cell line

1:20-1:40pm The expression of autophagic Julio Colón Pérez Life/Biological Abigail Ruiz and proliferative proteins in Verónica García Ramírez Sciences human breast cancer cell lines CCD-1097Sk and MCF7 treated with resveratrol

1:40-2:00pm Phytoextraction of heavy Karelys Febles Moreno Environmental Abner Colón metals in water with Science Petroselinum crispum, Coriandrum sativum, and Mentha piperita

Session 1B Room: Chardón 113 Moderator: Alberto Puente

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Red Blood Cell Lysis Assay for Andrea Rodríguez Villafañe General Sciences Adelfa Serrano the Evaluation of Novel Lead Jafet Rivera Pedrosa Antimalarial Compounds

3:20-3:40pm Evaluation of Avifauna in an Naomi Mercado Vélez Environmental Adrianne Tossas Important Coastal Lagoon in Science Northern Puerto Rico

3:40-4:00pm Seabird Monitoring in a Ricardo Berríos Pérez Environmental Adrianne Tossas Critical Wildlife Area of Yaran Gonzalez Gonzalez Science Puerto Rico

4:00-4:20pm Aggressive Behavior of the Melanie Talavera-Arboniés Life/Biological Alberto Puente Puerto Rican Woodpecker Sciences (Melanerpes portoricensis): a comparative study between urban and forest territories

4:20-4:40pm Fungi associated to the skin of Gabriela Herrero Rapagna Life/Biological Alberto Puente Boa constrictor in Puerto Rico Sciences

4:40-5:00pm Preliminary Population Study Rafael Berríos Sierra Life/Biological Alberto Puente of Rodents in a secondary Sciences forest in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Session 2A Room: Chardón 114 Moderator: Angel Colón

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Method Development for the Amanda Reyes Morales Chemistry Amanda Reyes estimation of Colony Forming Units without Conducting a Bacterial Growth Curve

11:20-11:40am Studies of the Borikenophis María Chardon Suárez Environmental Alberto Sabat portoricensis (Puerto Rican Science Racer) using instruments of citizen science

11:40am-12:00pm Distribution of the Osteopilus Zabrina Santana Navarro Life/Biological Alberto Sabat septentrionalis (Cuban Tree Sciences Frog) in Puerto Rico

12:00-12:20pm Effect of acidification in water Hernán Morales Ramírez Life/Biological Alberto Sabat on the physiology in the Sciences development of the red sea urchin (Echinometra lucunter) in Puerto Rico

12:20-12:40pm Morphometric similarities and Keishla Marrero Acosta Life/Biological Alberto Sabat differences between males and Sciences females of Borikenophis portoricensis (Puerto Rican Racer) in the Cambalache State Forest, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

12:40-1:00pm Cellulose hydrogels as Andrea Flores Pérez Life/Biological Andrea Flores delivery vehicle for Sciences immunomodulatory mesenchymal stem cells

1:00-1:20pm Cave-Soil Characterization of Jonathan Martínez Gines Environmental Angel Acosta Buruquena Cave Omar Rodríguez Domínguez Science

1:20-1:40pm Biological Diversity Analysis Kiara Rodríguez Pérez Life/Biological Angel Acosta of the Cabachuelas Nature Sciences Reserve Cave System

1:40-2:00pm Fungal Microfauna in Tourist Laura Rodríguez Rodríguez Life/Biological Angel Acosta Caves in Cabachuelas Nature Tatiana Rosado Rodríguez Sciences Reserve Cave System

Session 2B Room: Chardón 114 Moderator: Angel Colón

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Analyzing Fibrinogen and Carolina Herrera Barreto Life/Biological Anthony Trem-Like Transcript 1 (TLT- Sciences Washington 1) as potential stimulants for platelet aggregation in atherosclerosis

3:20-3:40pm Identification of intracellular Claudia Cruz Santiago Life/Biological Anthony trafficking binding partners Sciences Washington for TLT-1

3:40-4:00pm The Creation and Initial Paola Peña Garcia Life/Biological Anthony Characterization of the P- Sciences Washington selectin/Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells (TREM) Like Transcipt-1 (TLT-1) Double Null Mouse

4:00-4:20pm Recovery of bat populations Yadiamris Aviles Ruiz Life/Biological Armando after hurricane María at Sciences Rodríguez InterAmerican University wetland in Bayamón

4:20-4:40pm Remarkable variation in the John Rosa Rosas Life/Biological Armando diet of Noctilio leporinus Sciences Rodríguez (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae) in Puerto Rico

4:40-5:00pm Neuroprotective Effect of N- Nicole Camacho Fontánez Pharmaceutical William Atchison acetylcysteine on Mouse Sciences Motor-Neuron Like Cells in Methylmercury-Induced Toxicity

Session 3A Room: Chardón 115-A Moderator: Ed López

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am A Course-based Research María Ortiz Fullana Life/Biological Michelle Borrero Experience (CURE) on Sciences Cloning Transcription Factors as a Strategy to Develop Scientific Process Skills in Biology Majors

11:20-11:40am Stoichiometric Determination Angel Vázquez Maldonado Chemistry Arthur Tinoco of Fluorescent Citrate Binding to Human Serum Transferrin (sTf) with the Presence of Ti(IV)

11:40am-12:00pm Determining the Potential José Cátala Torres Chemistry Arthur Tinoco Role that Fe(III) Plays in Human Serum Transferrin Transport of Non-Iron Metals by Focusing on Titanium(IV)

12:00-12:20pm Bioremediation: Carlos Romero Vázquez Environmental Paul Bayman Decolorization of Colored Dye Science via Fungal Species Isolated from Polluted and Unpolluted Environments in Puerto Rico

12:20-12:40pm Evaluating Several Feasible Nicole Zambrana García Chemistry Arthur Tinoco Titanium(IV)-bound serum transferrin species to Determine Differences in Ti(IV) Uptake and Cell Proliferation

12:40-1:00pm Determine Antimicrobial Yael Quiles Ramírez Life/Biological Brenda Ramos Activity of Euphorbia Sciences heterophylla in Bacteria

1:00-1:20pm Investigating the Antibacterial Nataly Basora Mateo Life/Biological Carmen Effects of Biological Pigments Sciences Hernández from Flowering Plants

1:20-1:40pm Screening and quantification Carla Quiñones Jurgensen Chemistry Carla Quiñones of molecules that bind to supramolecular colloidal particles

Session 3B Room: Chardón 115-A Moderator: Ed López

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction Glen Torres Álamo Chemistry Carlos Cabrera Reaction with modified PtNi- Pedro Trinidad Pérez Nanowires in Alkaline Medium

3:20-3:40pm Electrochemical PCR- Gabriela Vega Hernández Chemistry Carlos Cabrera mediated biosensor for the detection of pks genomic island in real E. coli samples utilizing custom gold electrodes

3:40-4:00pm Gold-Palladium Interdigital Guillermo Colón Quintana Chemistry Carlos Cabrera Electrodes: An alternative for the electrochemical detection of telomerase activity

4:00-4:20pm Optimized Synthesis of Ag Daniel Blasini Pérez Chemistry Carlos Cabrera Nanoparticles on Unsupported Vulcan XC-72R for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media

4:20-4:40pm Analysis of Tetracycline Kevin Santiago Morales Life/Biological Carlos Ríos Resistance Genes in Sciences Caracolus marginella Gut Metagenomic Library

4:40-5:00pm Assessing copper resistant Flavio Rodríguez Polanco Life/Biological Carlos Ríos mycological bioprospects Sciences isolated from peripheral soil samples under the 305m reflector plate of the Arecibo Observatory

Session 4A Room: Chardón 116 Moderator: Beatriz Romero

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Identification of Metabolites Miguel Rodríguez Reyes Life/Biological Carlos Ríos Associated With Inflammatory Sciences Bowel Disease Produced by the Gut Commensal Ruminococcus gnavus

11:20-11:40am Monitoring the antibiosis Angélica González Life/Biological Carlos Ríos production potential of cultivable Martínez Sciences mycoprospects isolated from water and soil samples from the center under the 305m reflector plate of the Arecibo Observatory using radial methods

11:40am-12:00pm Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria Náyaret Rivera García Life/Biological Carlos Ríos Isolated from Puerto Rico as Sciences Bioprospects for Biofilm Production

12:00-12:20pm Uncultivable Bacteria as Adriana Quintero Rivera Life/Biological Carlos Ríos Bioprospects for Biofilm Sciences Production

12:20-12:40pm Molecular Modeling of 1- Paola Colón De León Chemistry Carmelo García Benzazepine Analogues that bind to the ACh Protein (2PH9) Using Hyperchem and Autodock

12:40-1:00pm The effects of mitophagy deficient Kharina Roman Rivera Life/Biological Ceidy Torres pathway in viability and Sciences mitochondrial abundance under oxidative stress conditions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1:00-1:20pm Effects of nanoparticles on algal Abner Pérez Nazario Environmental Cliford Louime growth dynamics Science

1:20-1:40pm Evaluating The Toxicity Of Angélica Colón Cordero Environmental Cliford Louime Individual And Mixtures Of Science Nanoparticles On The Dynamics Of Commercially Important Microalgal Strains

1:40-2:00pm Estudio de los requerimientos Giovanni Maldonado Life/Biological Conrado Calzada nutricionales de los hongos Torres Sciences aislados de las hojas de los Julienn Torres Rodríguez mangles rojo y negro de la Guancha en Ponce, Puerto Rico

Session 4B Room: Chardón 116 Moderator: Beatriz Romero

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Fungi present in plants Rubén López Silva Life/Biological Conrado Calzada associated to mangrove forest Sciences at "La Guancha" in Ponce, Puerto Rico

3:20-3:40pm Effectivity of absorption Carol Mejía Pérez Chemistry Carol Mejía capacity of algae biomass inmmobilized by the sol-gel method

3:40-4:00pm Antioxidant Properties of Allan Santiago Mercado Chemistry Celia Osorio Polyphenols from Ruellia Simplex Flowers for Potential Applications in Anti-? Amyloidosis Therapies

4:00-4:20pm Comparative Study of Rate of Natushka Pérez Colón Environmental Celia Osorio Adsorption of Cu (II) ions Science from Aqueous Solutions by different sizes of Alginate beads

4:20-4:40pm Analysis of Phthalates Nicole Díaz Padín Environmental Concepción Extraction in Sediments of Yuleika Martínez Castillo Science Rodríguez Punta Tuna, Maunabo, Puerto Rico using GC-MS

4:40-5:00pm Demography variations of the Jesús Quiñones Llópiz Life/Biological Concepción land crab Cardisoma Sciences Rodríguez guanhumi in areas associated with the presence of the wetland plant Annona glabra.

Session 5A Room: Chardón 218 Moderator: Angela Ferrá

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Does soil abiotic factors, Dariel Báez Rivera Life/Biological Concepción incidence of light, leaf litter and Jainisse Laró Rodríguez Sciences Rodríguez the presence of the burrows of the land crab Cardisoma guanhumi are related to the abundance of Annona glabra seedlings?

11:20-11:40am Influence of the microbiota Adriana Reyes Rivera Life/Biological Concepción present on the Annona glabra soil Andrea Belaza Saldarriaga Sciences Rodríguez at Reserva Natural Humedal Punta Tuna, Maunabo, Puerto Rico

11:40am-12:00pm Monitoreo de factores bioticos y Noel Pérez Vargas Life/Biological Concepción abioticos del bosque de Annona Sciences Rodríguez glabra en el humedal de Punta Tuna, Maunabo, PR

12:00-12:20pm Prevalent Health Issues amongst Zairelys Reyes Rivera Life/Biological Cristina Pomales Puerto Rican Agricultural Sciences Workers

12:20-12:40pm Susceptibility of Plant Pathogenic Christopher Rivera Torres Agricultural Patricia Ortiz Fungi to Antimicrobial Peptides Sciences and Combinatorial Treatments

12:40-1:00pm Characterization and Harim Delgado Seo Chemistry Lisandro Cunci Optimization of Electrochemical Synthesis of Polyaniline using Carbon Nano-onions as Support

1:00-1:20pm Electrochemical Characterization Nerika Hernández Chemistry Lisandro Cunci of Biofouling in Platinum and Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes for the Neuropeptide Y Detection

1:20-1:40pm Electrochemical Detection of Kelly Lozano Ortiz Chemistry Lisandro Cunci Neuropeptide using Methylene Blue as an Indicator

1:40-2:00pm Electrochemical Polymerization Yannelly Serrano Rosario Chemistry Lisandro Cunci of Conductive Polymers to Enhance Carbon Supports for Electrocatalysts

Session 5B Room: Chardón 218 Moderator: Angela Ferrá

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Electrodeposition of Metal Krystal Flores Félix Chemistry Lisandro Cunci Organic Framework in Platinum and Carbon Microelectrode for Biosensing Applications

3:20-3:40pm Synthesis and Kattia González Aponte Chemistry Lisandro Cunci Characterization of Janus Nano-Particles for Energy Applications

3:40-4:00pm Synthesis and John Cruz Lozada Chemistry Lisandro Cunci Characterization of Monomer of MOF- based Conductive Polymers for Biosensing Applications

4:00-4:20pm Synthesis of Catalytic Joshua Reyes Morales Chemistry Lisandro Cunci Nanoparticles Using the Rotating Disk Electrode Technique for Fuel Cells Application

4:20-4:40pm Porous Nanowires Hybrid p-n Mariely Cruz Hernández Chemistry Dalice Piñero Junction Organic-Metal Oxide Semiconductor with Ru(bpy)3] (BF4)2

4:40-5:00pm Determining the Stoichiometry Ángel Hernández Mejías Chemistry Dalice Piñero of a Coordinating Event between Metal Ions (Ni2+ , Co2+ , and Cu2+) and a Novel Ligand [dmit(acac)?]

Session 6A Room: Chardón 219 Moderator: Dalice Piñero

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Development of 3L-IONPs for Cristina Nieves Vázquez Chemistry Dalice Piñero Therapy and Bio-Imaging

11:20-11:40am Substituted Metal Juan Cintrón Cruz Chemistry Dalice Piñero Phthalocyanines for the Detection of Nitric Oxides

11:40am-12:00pm Synthesis of the novel ligands Dara Rodríguez Ayala Chemistry Dalice Piñero Dmit(acac)2 and Dmit(pyrazole)2 and their Metal Complexes as MRI Contrast Agents: Reaction with Rare Earth Metals

12:00-12:20pm Theoretical Adsorption Energy Kevin Rivera Cruz Chemistry Dalice Piñero Calculations of Metal Phthalocyanines with Pentafluorosulfanyl Substituents for Sensing of Toxic Gases

12:20-12:40pm Effects of metal nanoparticles Armando Nieves Life/Biological Catalina Dávila in microalgae growth and lipid Carrasquillo Sciences accumulation rates

12:40-1:00pm From Algae to Biofuels: Olga Gracia González Life/Biological Catalina Dávila Bioprospecting of Native Sciences Strains and Study of Mixotrophic Metabolism in Microalgae

1:00-1:20pm Finding a link between physical Adriana Gutiérrez Camacho Life/Biological Diana Rodriguez exercise and improvements in Sciences cognitive skills by analyzing beta-brainwaves

1:20-1:40pm Therapeutic potential of Molishka Flores Narváez Life/Biological Dinah Ramos commercially-available Sciences cannabidiol oil for Alzheimer 's disease using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model

1:40-2:00pm Creation of Open-celled 3D Jessiry Abreu Cruz Life/Biological Emma Fernández Printed Casts and Splints Osvaldo Rivera Valentín Sciences

Session 6B Room: Chardón 219 Moderator: Dalice Piñero

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm A model to study the effects of Harold Vázquez Meléndez Life/Biological Edilberto Arteaga human mobility and the Joseph Hernández Bracero Sciences spread of Zika Virus (ZIKV)

3:20-3:40pm Modeling the environmental Lizmarie Silva Trinidad Life/Biological Edilberto Arteaga factors in the spread of Zika Luisa Torres Builes Sciences Virus

3:40-4:00pm El presupuesto de tiempo del Pamela Martínez Oquendo Life/Biological Edwin lagartijo jardinero del sur Sciences Carrasquillo (Anolis poncensis) en la Reserva Natural Punta Cucharas en Ponce, Puerto Rico

4:00-4:20pm Arachidonoyl-2- Dianise Rodríguez García Life/Biological Edu Suárez chloroethylamide alleviates Sciences acute and inflammatory pain in a sex-dependent manner

4:20-4:40pm Asthma in Puerto Rico: Marinel Ocasio Rivera Life/Biological Edu Suárez Targeting Protease Activated Sciences Receptor-2 (PAR-2) as an Adjuvant Therapy

4:40-5:00pm DNA damage potential of Ralphdy Vergne Montes Life/Biological Edu Suárez Vitamin D in Luminal A and Sciences Luminal B cells line

Session 7A Room: Chardón 220 Moderator: Jaquelina Alvarez

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11:00-11:20am Host restriction factors may Dormarie Rivera Rodriguez Life/Biological Edu Suárez affect HIV-1 infection in Sciences glioblastoma cells and CD4+ T cells

11:20-11:40am Advancing polysulfonated Adriana Vázquez Medina Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau supports to fabricate high performance thin film composite membranes used for forward osmosis

11:40am-12:00pm Biomimetic scaffolds for bone Loreilys Mejías Rivera Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau regeneration based on polydopamine coating of cellulosic membranes

12:00-12:20pm Development of Cellulose José Ramírez Colón Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau DiBlock Copolymer Electrospun Films for the Selective Adsorption of Emerging Organic Contaminants in Aqueous Solutions

12:20-12:40pm Development of polysulfone- Miguel Betancourt Ponce Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau functionalized zwitterionic membranes for water purification applications

12:40-1:00pm Evaluating an Alginate Pedro Méndez Fernández Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau Electrospun Membrane for the Removal of Polyphenolic Compounds from Water and for Promoting the Adhesion of Osteoblast Cells

1:00-1:20pm Fabrication of Electro- César Lasalde Ramírez Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau conductive forward osmosis membranes using carbonaceous species

1:20-1:40pm Novel membrane active layer for Gerardo Quintana Cintrón Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau water purification purposes Sebastián López Méndez

1:40-2:00pm Development of cellulose acetate Laura Penabad Peña Environmental Eduardo Nicolau membranes for the removal of Science pharmaceuticals from aqueous solution 68

Session 7B Room: Chardón 220 Moderator: Jaquelina Alvarez

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3:00-3:20pm Novel peptide-polymer Claudia Pérez Draper Life/Biological Eduardo Nicolau conjugate with Maximin H5, Víctor Rodríguez Ramos Sciences an antimicrobial peptide, as potential bacterial inhibitor for water purification purposes

3:20-3:40pm Phosphorylation Profile of the Kimberly Rivera Caraballo Life/Biological Edwin Traverso Tumorhead Protein Sciences throughout Xenopus laevis Development

3:40-4:00pm The Role of MUSA1 during Juan Velázquez Matos Life/Biological Edwin Traverso Somitogenesis in Xenopus Sciences laevis

4:00-4:20pm Isolation and Characterization José Silva Martínez Life/Biological Edwin Vázquez of Bioluminescent Bacteria Sciences from Tropical Waters of Puerto Rico

4:20-4:40pm Anti-doping method using José Rosa Zayas Chemistry Edmy Ferrer nanoparticles for sports drugs Lester Colón Ithier detection

4:40-5:00pm Mesoporous Silica Maricelis Maldonado Chemistry Edmy Ferrer Nanoparticles (MSN) and Martínez Calcium Oxide as Drug Paola Garcia González Delivery Systems

Session 8A Room: Chardón 222 Moderator: Elsie Parés

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11:00-11:20am Nanomaterials for fingerprint Carlos Cabrera López Chemistry Edmy Ferrer analysis: Comparative study with traditional tachniques

11:20-11:40am Determination of Kevin Negrón Rosado Chemistry Elsie Parés Transcription Factors for Regulation of Nuclear Factor Interleukin-6 Gene

11:40am-12:00pm Determining the Role of FAP1 Ilea Díaz Lluberes Chemistry Elsie Parés in S. cerevisiae, Cultivated in Nitrogen-limited Media

12:00-12:20pm Determination of Francisco Rosado Rivera General Sciences Elsie Parés Transcription Factors for Regulation of Nuclear Factor Interleukin-6 Gene using CRISPR ChAp MS

12:20-12:40pm Are the phenological patterns Juan Santiago García Environmental Elsie Rivera of Annona glabra a wetland Yvette Arias Delfi Science plant affected by changes in abiotic factors after hurricane Maria in the Punta Tuna Nature Reserve in Maunabo

12:40-1:00pm Characterization of soil Aleysha Rodríguez Colón Environmental Elsie Rivera bacteria from a plantation of Karina Sánchez Vélez Science the tropical wetland plant species Annona glabra (L.)

1:00-1:20pm Ecological consequences of Brenda Ferrer Lassalle Environmental Elsie Rivera seed predation in the wetland Hillary Rosa Kuilan Science plant species Annona glabra

1:20-1:40pm Genetic diversity and structure Abigail Strubbe-Nieves Environmental Elsie Rivera of coastal populations of Verónica Blasky López Science Annona glabra from Puerto Rico

1:40-2:00pm Microbial Community Gabriela Miranda Rivera Environmental Elsie Rivera Analysis for Root Tissue of Kalil Jana Pitre Science Annona glabra in Punta Tuna Wetlands Natural Reserve

Session 8B Room: Chardón 222 Moderator: Elsie Rivera

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3:00-3:20pm Variation in abiotic conditions Gabriel Ríos San Miguel Life/Biological Elsie Rivera on a coastal stand of Annona Sciences glabra after Hurricane Maria . 3:20-3:40pm Variation of bacteria in the Myrna Núñez Obén Life/Biological Elsie Rivera soil of the wetland Punta Tuna Ricardo Rodríguez Bárzana Sciences in Maunabo

3:40-4:00pm Floristic Composition and Georgianna Carmona Monge Environmental Elvira Cuevas Distribution in a Coastal Joanne Rodríguez Ortiz Science Urban Wetland; the Case of Ciénaga las Cucharillas, Cataño Puerto Rico

4:00-4:20pm Is the terrestrial/marine Jeremy Mejías López Environmental Elvira Cuevas connectivity homogeneous in Melanie Figueroa Cordero Science an urban coastal wetland? The case of the Ciénaga Las Cucharillas in Northern Puerto Rico

4:20-4:40pm Deterministic and Stochastic Gabriel Meléndez Corres Life/Biological Ernesto Esteban Compartment Models for Sciences Total Body Irradiation

4:40-5:00pm PSA-Specific Age Ranges for Lusmeralis Almodóvar Abreu Life/Biological Ernesto Esteban Prostate Cancer Patients in Sciences Puerto Rico

Session 9A Room: Chardón 223 Moderator: Hirohito Torres

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11:00-11:20am Estrogen Non-Genomic Iancarlos Jiménez Sacarello Life/Biological Esther Peterson Signaling as a Potential Sciences Therapeutic Target in Inflammatory Breast Cancer

11:20-11:40am Development of fluorescent Deyaneira González Chemistry Ezio Fasoli enzymatic assays for the Rodríguez detection of benzylic oxidation Stephanie Guerra and reductions reactions

11:40am-12:00pm Altitudinal Comparison in Aura Muñiz Torres Environmental Fernando Bird Microhabitat for Science Eleutherodactylus brittoni in Puerto Rico

12:00-12:20pm Cervical fungal communities in Anelisse Dominicci Maura Life/Biological Filipa Godoy Puerto Rican Women change Sciences with HPV risk

12:20-12:40pm Synthesis of Silicon Nanowires Oscar Claudio Ares Chemistry Francisco by Metal Assisted Chemical Márquez Etching

12:40-1:00pm Hydrogen production by water Brandon Molina Burgos Environmental Francisco splitting using Ag@ZnO Science Márquez composites under UV-vis light.

1:00-1:20pm Food Availability for Ian Pérez Cruz Life/Biological Fred Schaffner Insectivorous Birds of the Sciences Secondary Coastal Dry Forest at Jobos Bay, Salinas, Puerto Rico

1:20-1:40pm Analysis of damage caused by Allyson Cappacetti Rivera Environmental Gamezdenny Hurricane María to the Ninotshka Robles Cuevas Science Fernández vegetation of the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao.

1:40-2:00pm Species richness and Jennyfer Machado Rosado Life/Biological Gamezdenny abundance of pollinators after Johann Crespo Zapata Sciences Fernández Hurricane Maria in Humacao Nature Reserve, eastern Puerto Rico

Session 9B Room: Chardón 223 Moderator:

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3:00-3:20pm Using iNaturalist as a valid Andrés Pérez Cintrón Life/Biological Gamezdenny tool for education and Sciences Fernández research; the case of the Efraín Archilla Diez Humacao Nature Reserve and a secondary forest at the University of Puerto Rico - Humacao Campus

3:20-3:40pm Vegetation Analysis of a Cynthia Gonzalez Diaz Life/Biological Gamezdenny Secondary Forest in Humacao Jamilys Rivera Rodríguez Sciences Fernández Before and After Hurricane Maria

3:40-4:00pm Synthesis of porous materials Carla Colón Cruz Chemistry Iro García for capture and transformation of CO2

4:00-4:20pm Determing the sources of high Ivan Fontanez Vazquez Chemistry Gregory Jenkins ozone during the 2017 LASIC field campaign using HYSPLIT modeling

4:20-4:40pm Bacterial Inhibition with Paola Gines Velez Life/Biological Guido Peña extracts of algae Padina Sciences Gymnospora and Sweitenia Macrophylla

4:40-5:00pm On the Design and Elisa Soto González Michelle Chemistry Hirohito Torres Construction of a Ramos Castro Rechargeable Zinc/Carbon Battery

Session 10A Room: Chardón 224 Moderator: Mariola Flores

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11:00-11:20am A Proteomic Approach to Kathleen Morales Sánchez Life/Biological Horacio Serrano Crohn's Disease: A Review Nahir Robles Rijo Sciences

11:20-11:40am Identification of antibiotic Herreld Rosado Loubriel Life/Biological Luz Arroyo producers' bacteria and Sciences antibiotic extraction and characterization

11:40am-12:00pm Antibiotic Properties of Native Gabriela Hernandez Diaz Life/Biological Ileana Rodríguez and Endemic Plants from Sciences Puerto Rico

12:00-12:20pm Screening of the antibacterial Kalein Félix Matos Chemistry Ileana Rodríguez activity of Kalanchoe plants traditionally used for the treatment of skin ulcers

12:20-12:40pm Kalanchoe plants and their Adriana Guzmán Domínguez Life/Biological Ileana Rodríguez antibacterial activity against Gabriel Rivera Torres Sciences respiratory and digestive infections

12:40-1:00pm Chemical Reduction and Andrés Rivera Ruiz Chemistry Ileana González Characterization of Pt Particles for an Ammonia Oxidation Electrocatalyst

1:00-1:20pm Ferrocenyl curcumin analogs Jose Hernandez Melendez Chemistry Ingrid Montes as potential antioxidants and anticancer agents

1:20-1:40pm Structure-activity relationship Daisy Diaz Rohena Chemistry Ingrid Montes of novel ferrocenyl chalcone salts: effect of counterions

1:40-2:00pm Synthesis and Sebastián Henríquez López Chemistry Ingrid Montes Characterization of Ferrocenyl Indanones

Session 10B Room: Chardón 224 Moderator: Mileidy Varela

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3:00-3:20pm Synthesis and characterization Alondra Rodríguez Rolón Chemistry Ingrid Montes of the ferrocenyl chalcones and dicarbonyl derivatives

3:20-3:40pm Synthesis, Characterization Geraldo Durán Camacho Chemistry Ingrid Montes and Biological Evaluation of Novel Ferrocenyl Naphthyridinium Salts Derivatives

3:40-4:00pm Anthelminthic properties of Nalishka Villafañe García Life/Biological Ivan Dávila plants extract against free- Sciences living soil nematodes

4:00-4:20pm Mechanical properties of Ti-C Anna Martinez Guadalupe Life/Biological Javier Avalos composite and its biomedical Saul Sandoval Rodriguez Sciences applications

4:20-4:40pm Evaluating the effects of Harywilliam Gonzalez Vidal Agricultural Javier Lugo biochar on soil properties, Naomy Candelaria Sciences plant growth and insect community on organic cotton plantation at Utuado, Puerto Rico

4:40-5:00pm Hydro-fuel derived from Kenneth Fontánez Mora Chemistry José Duconge electrolysis of water for alternative fuel purposes

Session 11A Room: Chardón 225 Moderator: Jessica Rodríguez

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11:00-11:20am Characterization of Wnt family Stephanie Colón Marrero Life/Biological José García members in Holothuria Sciences glaberrima

11:20-11:40am Functional Analysis of Myc Joseph Salem Hernández Life/Biological José García during Echinoderm Intestinal Sciences Regeneration using RNAi

11:40am-12:00pm Gene Set Enrichment Analysis Sebastián Cruz González Life/Biological José García of early intestinal regeneration Sciences in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima

12:00-12:20pm Holothuria glaberrima Alexandra Amador Life/Biological José García intestinal regeneration during Maldonado Sciences Notch pathway blockade

12:20-12:40pm Identification and Adrianna Rivera León Life/Biological José García characterization of BSL-78 Sciences during intestinal regeneration in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima

12:40-1:00pm Optimization of Lipofectamine Thaybeth Malavé Méndez Life/Biological José García as a Transfection Method for Sciences Intestinal Tissue Explants of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria glaberrima

1:00-1:20pm Characterization of John González Amoretti Life/Biological John González neurotransmitter absorption on Vitmary Rivera Rodríguez Sciences Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes in Drosophila melanogaster

1:20-1:40pm Initial Impacts of Hurricane Ian Maldonado Ortiz Life/Biological José Rodríguez Irma and Maria on Migratory Sciences Birds Diversity on the Punta Cucharas Natural Reserve, Ponce, Puerto Rico

1:40-2:00pm Essential Role of CHS in Ion Manuel La Torre Life/Biological José Lasalde Channel Functioning and Poueymirou Sciences Thermal Stability of The Native Muscle-type nAChR-Detergent- Complex

Session 11B Room: Chardón 225 Moderator: Magda Latorre

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3:00-3:20pm Production of Recombinant Daniel Rivera Morán Life/Biological José Lasalde Baculovirus and Cell Edwin Peña Martínez Sciences transduction for the Expression of the Human a4b2 nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

3:20-3:40pm Purification and Adrian Muñiz Sarriera Life/Biological José Lasalde Crystallization of the Sciences Transmembranal Proteins using the RMP@LMX device V.1.5

3:40-4:00pm Design of new primers for Jonathan López Carrasquillo Environmental Jonathan López quantification of the forgotten Science sulfidogenic Firmicutes

4:00-4:20pm Characterization and Christian Dones Lassalle Chemistry Jorge Colón quantification of Polymyxin B, fluorescein, and their conjugate in zirconium phosphate nanoparticles

4:20-4:40pm Intercalation and Co- Luis Ramírez-Pagán Chemistry Jorge Colón intercalation of Cis- diamminedichloroplatinum(II) in Zirconium Phosphate Nanoparticles

4:40-5:00pm Layered zirconium phosphate Yairisis Rivera Serrano Chemistry Jorge Colón nanoparticles as anti-cancer drug carries

Session 12A Room: Chardón 226 Moderator: Karina Rosario

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11:00-11:20am Morphological studies of Daniel Del Toro Pedrosa Chemistry Jorge Colón zirconium phosphate nanoparticles as Ni support for the oxygen evolution reaction

11:20-11:40am Morphological studies of Kálery La Luz Rivera Chemistry Jorge Colón zirconium phosphate nanoparticles as support for Co(II) catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

11:40am-12:00pm Cytochrome c intercalation Kathleen Jackson Díaz Chemistry Horacio Serrano and electrochemical response in a layered zirconium phosphate nanomaterial

12:00-12:20pm Drug-loaded biodegradable Jorge Padilla Zayas Chemistry Jorge Padilla nanofibers for controlled release in regenerative medicine

12:20-12:40pm Water Quality of the artificial Luis Esbrí Ruiz Environmental Jorge Ortiz reintroduction ponds of the Science Puerto Rican Crested Toad . 12:40-1:00pm How susceptible are fungi, Sarymar Pérez Lozada Chemistry José Vera yeasts and bacterias to the properties of organometallic compounds based on irn and/or molybdenum?

1:00-1:20pm Impact of Hurricane María on Claudia Cordero Martínez Life/Biological José Agosto reproduction, internal Janpierre Alemán Ríos Sciences resources and the effect of feeding substitutes on a honey bee colony

1:20-1:40pm The Impact of Hurricane Airined Montes Mercado Life/Biological Jorge Colón María on the Control of Luis Santos Vidot Sciences Humidity in a Honey Bee colony

1:40-2:00pm Bioremediation of HDPE, Noel Claudio Soto Life/Biological José Arbelo Diesel and Oil using Sciences Paenibacillus chibensis from contaminated soils with hydrocarbons 79

Session 12B Room: Chardón 226 Moderator: Karina Rosario

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3:00-3:20pm Creation of a gDNA Library of Felix Badillo Soto Life/Biological José Planas Guanica Halobacteria Wilfredo Villafañe Ortiz Sciences

3:20-3:40pm Determination of Membrane Yamil Miranda Negrón Life/Biological José Planas Glycoprotein of Guánica Sciences Saltern Halobacteria

3:40-4:00pm Uncovering DNA binding Emili Rosado Rodríguez Life/Biological José Rodríguez properties of the GATA4 and Sciences TBX5 transcription factor complex

4:00-4:20pm Studying sulfmyoglobin Lizmarie García Rivera Chemistry Juan López formation in function of pH to Sergio Irizarry Toro suggest active H2S species

4:20-4:40pm Structure prediction of Héctor Torres Vera Chemistry Juan Santana recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

4:40-5:00pm Antibacterial effect of Angeliz Peña Díaz Life/Biological Julia Vergara essential oils from medicinal Natalie Meléndez Vázquez Sciences and aromatic plants: an insight into specific bio-active components

Session 13A Room: Chardón 227 Moderator: Eliacim Agosto

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11:00-11:20am CB2 mRNA abundance in Christopher Jiménez Agricultural Juliana Pérez mammary tissue during clinical González Sciences mastitis

11:20-11:40am Detection of CB 2 protein Eric Blanco Ruiz Life/Biological Juliana Pérez abundance by Sciences immunofluorescence in mammary tissue during clinical mastitis

11:40am-12:00pm Investigating the therapeutic Sergio Acevedo Cortés Life/Biological Juliana Pérez potential of CB2 in modulation of Sciences inflammation in the mammary gland during lactation

12:00-12:20pm Botryococcus braunii Andraous Hani Saba Chemistry Kai Griebenow Photosystem I induces ROS- Nicole Fontanet Gómez dependent decrease in cell viability by necrosis and autophagy pathways

12:20-12:40pm Smart Redox-Triggered Release Ariadna Soto Soto Bibiloni Chemistry Kai Griebenow Cytochrome c Nanoparticles for Folate-targeted Lung Cancer Therapy

12:40-1:00pm Evaluation of the Michael Soto Cintrón Life/Biological Karen Woolcock pharmacological interactions of Natalia Acevedo Muñoz Sciences gemcitabine and natural compounds for the treatment of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

1:00-1:20pm Inhibition of the proliferation of Kevin Ongay Montero Life/Biological Karen Woolcock human pancreatic carcinoma Melanie Cubano Santiago Sciences cells by phenolic compounds obtained from ginger

1:20-1:40pm Optimization of the detection of Cristopher Marrero Roman Life/Biological Karen Woolcock E-cadherin on PANC-1 cells and Diego Castro Castro Reyes Sciences evaluation of its expression after treatment with Gemcitabine and natural compounds

1:40-2:00pm Synthesis of Transition Metal Shakira Diaz Ortiz Chemistry Karilys González Complexes based on 1- Vasti Montes Quiñones carboxylatepyrene and tris(amino ethyl)amine (TREN) ligands

Session 13B Room: Chardón 227 Moderator: Fernando Gilbes

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3:00-3:20pm Potable Water Disinfection Juan Rodriguez Centeno Life/Biological Kloe Cuevas using a Bactericidal and Kloe Cuevas Collazo Sciences Oxidized Nano Diamond Material

3:20-3:40pm Assessment and Quantification Erica Irizarry Pagan Environmental Karlo Malavé of Vibrio spp. in Tropical Science Beaches of Puerto Rico and Their Epidemiological and Public Health Importance

3:40-4:00pm Identification of a Lactase Kristyan Sosa Quiles Life/Biological Kristyan Sosa Persistence Polymorphisms in Sciences a Small Sample of the Puertorican Population

4:00-4:20pm Galleria Mellonella Lydia Núñez Rosario Environmental Luz Arroyo (Lepidoptera) as a consumer Science of plastic for bioremediation

4:20-4:40pm Evaluation of Recreational Marcos Feliciano Chinea Environmental Loyda Méndez Water Quality in Puerto Rico Science Fishing Sites

4:40-5:00pm Metal Resistance Profile in Genesis Rivera Martinez Environmental Loyda Méndez Enterococcus spp. Isolated Science from Non-Commercial Fishing Sites

Session 14A Room: Chardón 228 Moderator: Haibo Xu

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11:00-11:20am Traffic-related air pollutants Carlos Rodríguez López Environmental Loyda Méndez and respiratory symptoms in Science Puerto Rican Children

11:20-11:40am Arsenic resistance in Yelissa Dávila ONeill Life/Biological Loyda Méndez environmental strains of Sciences Enterococcus spp. isolated from irrigation water in Puerto Rico

11:40am-12:00pm Effects of Pulmonary Function Héctor Rosa López Life/Biological Loyda Méndez to the Cognition of Children Sciences Exposed to Traffic Related Air Pollution

12:00-12:20pm Metal and Antibiotics Estheany Román Pagán Life/Biological Loyda Méndez Resistance Patterns in Sciences Enterococcus spp. Isolated from Irrigation Water

12:20-12:40pm Neuroinflammatory cytokines in Joshua Pérez Torres Life/Biological Loyda Méndez mice treated with a dopamine Sciences antagonist

12:40-1:00pm Roadside Exposure to Traffic José Marrero Valentín Life/Biological Loyda Méndez Related Air Pollutants Sciences

1:00-1:20pm Biosynthesis and kinetic study Keishla Robles Negrón Chemistry Liz Díaz of gold nanoparticles from Ulva fasciata extracts obtained with different solvents

1:20-1:40pm Catalytic efficiency and Jean Lozada Dominguez Chemistry Liz Díaz recoverability of magnetite Juan Vázquez López nanoparticles in the production of biofuel via hydrothermal liquefaction

1:40-2:00pm Effect of fluorinated pollutants Andrea Bruno Chardón Chemistry Liz Díaz on the bioluminiscence and metabolism of the marine bacteria Vibrio fischeri

Session 14B Room: Chardón 228 Moderator: Matías Cafaro

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3:00-3:20pm Immune response of Acropora Astrid Rodríguez Vélez Environmental Liz Díaz cervicornis to solar radiation Lisby Santiago Pagan Science and sea surface temperatures

3:20-3:40pm Functionalization of Citrate Caren Abreu Takemura Chemistry Liz Vázquez Reduced Gold Nanoparticles as Potential Anti-Cancer Peptide (VECYGPNRPQF) Drug Carriers

3:40-4:00pm Ulvan-silica aerogels for the Ashley Vázquez Negrón Environmental Liz Vázquez immobilization of Vibrio Science fischeri

4:00-4:20pm Immunization Status of Infants Nicole De León Flores Life/Biological Lourdes García Admitted to the Neonatal Sciences Intensive Care Unit and Factors Associated to Delay in Administration

4:20-4:40pm Prevalence of Bullying in Anndra González González Life/Biological Lourdes García Children with Chronic Sciences Conditions

4:40-5:00pm Noise Environmental Hazard Valerie Diaz Santiago Life/Biological Lourdes García in the NICU Sciences

Session 15A Room: Chardón 229 Moderator: Dainedis Toro

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11:00-11:20am Effect of Differential Secretion Estheisy Román Pagán General Sciences Loyda Meléndez of CATB from HIV Infected Macrophages in Neuronal Apoptosis Pathways

11:20-11:40am Detection of microorganisms Olga Alfonso Rivera Environmental Fránces Lugo in water resources Science

11:40am-12:00pm Heavy metals concentration Bryan Jiménez José Environmental Fránces Lugo study in the Bay of San Juan Science Puerto Rico

12:00-12:20pm Zinc, lead and cadmio heavy Nashali Ramos Carrasquillo Environmental Fránces Lugo metals bioabsorption by the Science algae of the Rio Tanama in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

12:20-12:40pm Synthesis, characterization Ricardo Fagundez Parada Chemistry Luis Alamo and photodegradation capacity of CdSSe nanoparticles

12:40-1:00pm Exposure of hepatocellular Adriana Pontón Almodóvar Life/Biological Luis Alamo carcinoma cells (HEP-G2) to Sciences CdSTe QDs

1:00-1:20pm Extraction of the Potential Luis Vázquez Rivera Chemistry Luis Vázquez Anti- Cancer Peptide (VECYGPNRPQF) from Chlorella vulgaris as a drug delivery system

1:20-1:40pm Andrographolide alters Andrés López Rivas Pharmaceutical Magaly Martínez metabolism and mitochondrial Sciences function in prostate cancer

1:40-2:00pm Determination of heavy metals José Torres Ayende Chemistry Maiella Ramos in distinct ecological matrix of Naylamar Cortés-Deida the biotopes near the "Cavernas del Rio de Camuy" National Park

Session 15B Room: Chardón 229 Moderator: Claribel Lasalde

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3:00-3:20pm Phytoremediation of Copper Maria Toledo Del Valle Chemistry Maiella Ramos by the Aquatic Macrophyte Bacopa Monnieri

3:20-3:40pm Phytoremediation of copper by Jocelyn Jiménez Cruz Chemistry Maiella Ramos the aquatic macrophyte Paola López Meléndez Bacopa monnieri exposed to CuO nanoparticles

3:40-4:00pm Bioaccumulation of heavy Joanis Rosa Santiago Environmental Maiella Ramos metals in the aquatic Taiz Ulloa Ponce Science macrophyte Lemna minor in a natural wetland

4:00-4:20pm Isolation of CuO-NPs Israel Soto López Environmental Maiella Ramos Resistant Bacteria from B. Science Monnieri

4:20-4:40pm Studies on lead accumulation Noel Cabán González Environmental Maiella Ramos in Lemna minor Yetzzel Cortés Rosario Science

4:40-5:00pm Potential Antibacterial Jaseph Soto Pérez Life/Biological Maiella Ramos Activity from Usnea barbata Sciences Extracts

Session 16A Room: Chardón 230 Moderator: Joel De Jesús

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11:00-11:20am Potential Antibacterial Activity Nicole Maldonado Pérez Life/Biological Maiella Ramos of Usnea barbata Soxhlet Sciences Extractions

11:20-11:40am Tolerance of Endophytic Clarymar Colón Madera Life/Biological Maiella Ramos Bacteria isolated from Lemna José Castro Rodríguez Sciences minor after Lead Exposure

11:40am-12:00pm Atorvastatin treatment Natalia Roa Vidal Life/Biological Manuel Delgado differentially promotes creatine Sciences kinase release in murine models of slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome

12:00-12:20pm Study Analyzing a Potential Ana González Colón Environmental Maria De Jesús Impact of Anthropogenic Noise Francisco Torres Torres Science on the Abundance and Size of Coenobita clypeatus in Selected Beaches of Puerto Rico

12:20-12:40pm In-Vitro Estradiol Treatment Bianca Rosario Esparra Life/Biological Maria De Jesús Increases the Expression of Sciences Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Embryonic Dopamine Neurons

12:40-1:00pm A Tumor-Fibroblast Hedgehog Jan Ríos Grant Life/Biological Maribella Signaling Model of Triple Sciences Domenech Negative Breast Cancer

1:00-1:20pm Effect of Collagen Matrix Coral Torres Sánchez Life/Biological Maribella Architecture in M2 Sciences Domenech Macrophage Polarization for Cardiac Tissue Regeneration

1:20-1:40pm Detection and Quantification of Ashley Torres Clara Environmental Mayra Rolón Coliforms from Caño Martin Gloria Espinoza Sánchez Science Peña: A Community Based course with a Service-Learning Component . 1:40-2:00pm Photocatalytic Degradation of Nimzay Hernández Mejías Chemistry María Cotto Antibiotics using TiO2NWs@SiO2NWs

Session 16B Room: Chardón 230 Moderator: Darinel Ortiz

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3:00-3:20pm Molecular Phylogenetic Edmaritz Hernández Pagán Life/Biological Michael Rubin Analyses of trnH-psbA, rpoC1, Sciences and ITS2 PCR Amplified Genomic Regions from Mentha piperita, Momordica charantia and Rosmarinus officinalis

3:20-3:40pm Growth Rate of Aquatic Plants Keislamarí Cintrón Berríos Agricultural Antonio Mignucci in an Aquaponic Systems Sciences

3:40-4:00pm Synthesis and Grecia Rivera Rodriguez Chemistry Mirna Rivera Characterization of Chalcones

4:00-4:20pm Characterizing the Natalia Rivera Sánchez Life/Biological Natalia Rivera ER/mGluR-coupling and Rodnie Colón-Ortiz Sciences CREB phosphorylation in embryonic mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons

4:20-4:40pm Self-Assembled Monolayer of Marielys Santana Rivera Chemistry Mitk'El Santiago 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid on a Gold Electrode for Prostate Cancer Detection Applications

4:40-5:00pm Self-assembled monolayer of Jomar Morales Mercado Chemistry Mitk'El Santiago cysteine on a gold electrode for prostate cancer detection applications

Session 17A Room: Chardón 231 Moderator: Rafael Estremera

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11:00-11:20am Synthesis, Characterization and Angel García Colon Chemistry Mitk'El Santiago ORR activity of Zn1-xCoxO Nanomaterials for Fuel Cells Applications

11:20-11:40am Viability of Chinese Hamster Melissa Velázquez Chemistry Melissa Ovary Cells after exposition to Rodríguez Rodríguez Essential Oils

11:40am-12:00pm Density Estimates of Sara Maldonado Medina Life/Biological Neftalí Ríos Abandoned Animals in Puerto Sciences Rico: Societal and Health Implications for the Humane- Care of Abandoned Dogs, Cats, and Farm Animals

12:00-12:20pm Population dynamics of Puerto Génesis Santiago Suliveras Life/Biological Neftalí Ríos Rican anoles in response to Sciences climatic disturbances

12:20-12:40pm Population dynamics of Puerto Julymar Rodríguez López Life/Biological Neftalí Ríos Rican anurans in response to Sciences climatic disturbances

12:40-1:00pm Synthesis of ?-Methoxylated René García Del Valle Chemistry Néstor Carballeira Fatty Acids and their Bactericidal and Anticancer Evaluation

1:00-1:20pm Nanoscale Electrode Derived Nicole Rivera Fuentes Chemistry Nicole Rivera from the Di-block Copolymer Polystyrene-b-Poly (methyl methacrylate) for the Electrochemical Detection of Arsenic in Water

1:20-1:40pm Antioxidant Capacity, Carlos Ayala Santos Chemistry Nilka Rivera Phytochemical Analysis and Bioactivity Screening of Different Cnidoscolus Chayamansa Leaf Extracts

1:40-2:00pm Carica papaya: the study of the Claudia Mañán Mejías Chemistry Nilka Rivera antioxidant capacity and bioactivity of its leaves

Session 17B Room: Chardón 231 Moderator:

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3:00-3:20pm Compositional analysis, Graciela Raffucci Colomer Chemistry Nilka Rivera antioxidant capacity and bioactivity of Aloe vera

3:20-3:40pm ROS Scavenging Capacity, Jesús Romero Pichardo Chemistry Nilka Rivera Bioactivity and Phytochemical Analysis of Beta vulgaris

3:40-4:00pm Meiobenthic fauna from a Ian Español De La Cruz Life/Biological Nikolaos Schizas shallow water sediment Sciences sample near Guadeloupe

4:00-4:20pm Apoptosis Gene Analysis in Keisha Roldán-Báez Life/Biological Noemí Soto Colorectal Cell Line after Sciences treatment with Azapodophyllotoxin drug derivatives

4:20-4:40pm DNA Damage Activation in Jorge Figueroa Rodríguez Life/Biological Noemí Soto Adenocarcinoma Colon Cell Sciences Line by Potent Chemotherapeutic Drug

4:40-5:00pm Effects of environmental Soely Luyando Lusa Life/Biological María Ocasio variables on shrimp Sciences reproduction in a freshwater system in Puerto Rico

Session 18A Room: Chardón 232 Moderator: Christian Quiles

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11:00-11:20am Association between Andrea Rodriguez Rolon Life/Biological Oelisoa periodontitis and cholesterol Sciences Andriankaja levels in type 2 diabetic patients

11:20-11:40am Synthesis, Physical and Oliver Pichardo Peguero Chemistry Oliver Pichardo Spectroscopic Properties of (TBA)2[Ni(dmit)2]

11:40am-12:00pm Air Quality Monitoring After Felipe Rivera Adorno Environmental Olga Mayol Hurricane Impact: A Study of Science Trace Gases Using Low-cost Sensors

12:00-12:20pm Peptide labeled gold liposomal Gabriel Martínez Zayas Life/Biological Pablo Vivas nanoparticles for RNAi delivery Sciences into the brain

12:20-12:40pm Role of RBPMS-1 isoform A Andrea Rosado Albacarys Life/Biological Pablo Vivas and C in Cisplatin Resistance Sciences in Ovarian Cancer

12:40-1:00pm Assessment of biofilms of Nicole Irizarry Tardi Life/Biological Patricia Ortiz Candida albicans in co-culture Sciences with Escherichia coli clones from a tropical hypersaline metagenomic library

1:00-1:20pm Development of a semi-defined, Maritza Cruz Hernández Life/Biological Patricia Ortiz co-culture media formulation Sciences for the study of breast cancer microbiota

1:20-1:40pm The effect of supernatants from Yarelis González-Vargas Life/Biological Patricia Ortiz a collection of liquid cultures Sciences on Candida albicans biofilm formation

1:40-2:00pm The Impact Of Increasing Abner Hernández Figueroa Environmental Patricia Burrowes Nesting Sites In A Population Science Of High Elevation Eleutherodactylus coqui Affected By The Impact Of Hurricane Maria

Session 18B Room: Chardón 232 Moderator:

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3:00-3:20pm Development of a One-Step Axel Rivera Martínez Chemistry Raul Rodríguez Methodology for the Synthesis José Martínez Matías of Allylic Alcohols Based on the Hydrometallation and Carbometallation of Propargylic Alcohols Followed by the Epoxide Cleavage to Obtain Polyketide Fragments Precursors

3:20-3:40pm Population Density of Feral Naydee Díaz Rodríguez Life/Biological Raymond Cats in Puerto Rico Normandie González Orellana Sciences Tremblay

3:40-4:00pm Anxiolytic Effects of Organic Mikaela Rodríguez González Life/Biological Ricardo Chiesa Extracts from Stypopodium Roshanara Diaz Mejía Sciences Zonale in The Forced Swim Test using Drosophila Melanogaster

4:00-4:20pm Potential Anxiolytic Effects of Leyra Vázquez Rivera Life/Biological Ricardo Chiesa Brown Seaweed Organic Yaneris Alvarado Cartagena Sciences Extracts in Drosophila melanogaster Using the Dark/light Box Test

4:20-4:40pm Application mid-infrared Eymee Medina Vargas Chemistry Ricardo Infante quantum cascade laser (QCL) Jamillez Olmo Classen and attenuated total reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy for detection of explosive particles in cotton and polyesters fabrics

4:40-5:00pm Detection and quantification Joanilise Rivera Santiago Chemistry Ricardo Infante of cornstarch and wheat flour Kevin Cartagena Rivera in milk powder by Near and Mid Infrared Spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics routines

Session 19A Room: Chardón 233 Moderator: Maritza Reyna

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am On the choice of optimal model Edwin Caballero Agosto Chemistry Ricardo Infante for calculation of 1H and 13C Princess Chinea Crespo NMR chemical shifts in tert-butyl peroxides

11:20-11:40am Detection of Supramolecular Adriana Claudio Vázquez Chemistry José Rivera deoxyguanosine derivatives by a Cu-Catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition reaction

11:40am-12:00pm Development and immunological Andrea Maser Figueroa Chemistry José Rivera activity studies of colloidal Minelise Rivera De Jesús supramolecular particles made from guanosine derivatives

12:00-12:20pm Internalization of Valeria Burgos Caldero Chemistry José Rivera supramolecular microparticles made from guanosine derivatives in HeLa cells towards the development of artificial organelles

12:20-12:40pm Studies towards developing Genesis Rivera Cordero Chemistry José Rivera active supramolecular G- quadruplexes via coupling with a pH oscillator

12:40-1:00pm Synthesis, characterization and Kiara Villa Del Valle Chemistry José Rivera self-assembly studies of dimeric Ronaldo Franjul guanosine derivatives

1:00-1:20pm Effects of hurricane María on an Saimara Alejandro Environmental Rafael Joglar endangered Puerto Rican frog, Hernández Science Eleutherodactylus richmondi

1:20-1:40pm Frogs on a cloud!: Monitoring Luisángely Soto Torres Life/Biological Rafael Joglar amphibian populations on a Sciences cloud forest at El Yunque, Puerto Rico

1:40-2:00pm Neuroprotective action of coffee Anais Cruz García General Sciences Eileen Rodríguez in a Drosophila melanogaster Betsymar Morales Rivera model of sporadic Parkinson disease

Session 19B Room: Chardón 233 Moderator: Susan Seijo

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Scilab as an auxiliary tool in Alexandra Franco O'Connell General Sciences Rolando Guzmán the teaching-learning process Diego Ruiz Maeso in Physics and Chemistry

3:20-3:40pm Using Mud from Puerto Rico Raisa Vélez Contreras Life/Biological Rolando Guzmán for Electrical Energy Sarahí Medina Nieves Sciences Production

3:40-4:00pm Increase Sensitivity of Joyce Ramos Collazo Chemistry Rolando Oyola Graphite Modified Electrode Using PEDOT Carbon Microspheres

4:00-4:20pm Probing HSA-betaCDAuNP Nicole González Vélez Chemistry Rolando Oyola interactions using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

4:20-4:40pm Magnetic Biocomposite Sahara Ríos Bonilla Environmental Félix Román Nanomaterial Capable of Science Removing Estrone from Water Systems

4:40-5:00pm Efficient disinfection Kamyla Reyes Concepción Agricultural Rosa Berríos procedure for in vitro Sciences propagation of Valencia Late orange Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck through leaves direct organogenesis

Session 20A Room: Chardón 234 Moderator: Yaliz Loperena

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Polyester Fiber Dye Color Alejandra Albino Ramírez Chemistry Rosamil Rey Extraction and Characterization using UV- VIS Spectroscopy

11:20-11:40am The reaction of Persulfidation Osmary Oyola Sánchez Chemistry Ruth Pietri in Cysteine

11:40am-12:00pm Infrared studies of sulfide Stephanie Cameron Life/Biological Ruth Pietri species with superoxide Maldonado Sciences dismutase: Role of sulfhydration in oxidative stress

12:00-12:20pm Identification of endophytic Vidmari Santana Esclavón Life/Biological Sandra Rodríguez fungi in Pimenta racemosa Sciences (Bay rum tree)

12:20-12:40pm Genetic Mutations related to Ashley Rivera Life/Biological Sandra Lorenzo fast food Sciences

12:40-1:00pm Barcode of Fungi in Puerto Luis Cruz-Flores Life/Biological Sharon Cantrell Rico Sciences

1:00-1:20pm Casual Agents Associated with Albert Román Rivera Life/Biological Sharon Cantrell Casearia arborea and Guarea Sciences guidonia Symptomatology in Puerto Rico Rain Forest

1:20-1:40pm Characterization of Louis Colón Santiago Life/Biological Sharon Cantrell Pathogenic Fungi Associated Sciences with Native Species at "El Yunque" National Rain Forest

1:40-2:00pm Seeking for Bacteria Resistant Brandon Rivera Rivera Life/Biological Sharon Cantrell Genes Exposed to Different Sciences Antibiotics in Water Environments in Puerto Rico

Session 20B Room: Chardón 234 Moderator:

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Fabrication of Porous Sebastián Suárez Schmidt Chemistry Sebastián Suárez Anodized Aluminum Oxide Layers for the Synthesis of Novel Nanowire Structures

3:20-3:40pm \"Dieta del sapo común Angel Delgado Ruiz Environmental Sondra Vega (Rhinella marina) en la Science Reserva Natural Privada El Tallonal\"

3:40-4:00pm Effects of Nanocomposites in Josian Luciano Velázquez Chemistry Sonia Bailón Aquatic Organisms

4:00-4:20pm Evaluation of the Toxicity of Wilfred Fonseca Ferrer Chemistry Sonia Bailón Gold Nanoparticles in Coastal Marine Crustaceans

4:20-4:40pm Fabrication and Eduardo Chaparro Barriera Chemistry Sonia Bailón characterization of semiconductor Cadmium Sulfide quantum dots

4:40-5:00pm Metallic Nanoparticles: Rossymar Rivera Colón Chemistry Sonia Bailón Synthesis, Characterization and Toxicity

Session 21A Room: Chardón 327 Moderator: Yareni Lara

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Production and Kevin Correa Vargas Chemistry Sonia Bailón Characterization of Copper Sulphide nanoparticles for Toxicity Assays

11:20-11:40am Production of Silver Jousen Merced Colón Environmental Sonia Bailón Nanoparticles and Science Nanotoxicity in Aquatic Ecosystems

11:40am-12:00pm Herbivory impact on seed Karina Rosado Braña Life/Biological Steven Sloan quality and germination of Sciences Plumeria alba trees

12:00-12:20pm Soil arthropods communities Angel Negron Pantoja Life/Biological Steven Sloan following Plumeria alba field David Rivera Viera Sciences experiment

12:20-12:40pm Stem arthropods in Plumeria Rolando Irizarry Alvarez Life/Biological Steven Sloan alba Sciences

12:40-1:00pm The Role of Leaf Water on Roberto Díaz González Life/Biological Steven Sloan Oviposition Site Selection by Sciences Pseudosphinx tetrio on Plumeria alba Host Plants

1:00-1:20pm Arthropod succession within Adalberto Ubiñas Romero Environmental Steven Sloan branches of Plumeria alba Science

1:20-1:40pm Bird Community Composition Alondra Medina Charriez Life/Biological Mitchell Aide in Urban Forests of Sciences Metropolitan Puerto Rico Following Hurricane María

1:40-2:00pm Effects of the Hurricane María Edwin Caraballo Sánchez Life/Biological Tugrul Giray on Thermoregulation in a Iván Collado Hernández Sciences Honey Bee colony

Session 21B Room: Chardón 327 Moderator:

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Bacterial Bioprospecting for Paola Reyes Ortiz Environmental José Pérez Bioenergy Application in Science Xylose Fermentation

3:20-3:40pm Bacterial Degradation of Stephanie Nieves Hernández Environmental José Pérez Halides Science

3:40-4:00pm Bioprospecting for Chitinases Brian Sang-Laboy Environmental José Pérez among Bacteria in Puerto Science Rico

4:00-4:20pm Isolation of putativve lignin Alexis Healion Del Valle Environmental José Pérez deconstructing bacteria Science

4:20-4:40pm Bioprospecting for Antibiotic- Carlos Fontanez Rodriguez Life/Biological José Pérez Producing Bacteria in Saline Sciences Soil

4:40-5:00pm Bioprospecting for New Stephanie Ríos Cartagena Life/Biological José Pérez Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria Sciences in Pearly-Eyed Thrasher and Gray Kingbird

Session 22A Room: Chardón 328 Moderator: Angel Rodríguez

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Initial microbiology of dog- Kevin Rivera Cuadrado Life/Biological José Pérez related artifacts Sciences

11:20-11:40am Isolation of Airborne Yaisha Vega Santiago Life/Biological José Pérez Haloalkane-Degrading Fungi Sciences from Puerto Rico

11:40am-12:00pm Isolation of Putative Xylene- Bianca Serrano Torres Life/Biological José Pérez degrading Bacteria Across Sciences Neotropical Ecosystems

12:00-12:20pm Production of Glorymar Rivera González Life/Biological José Pérez Polyhydroxyalkanoates in Sciences Different Environments of Puerto Rico

12:20-12:40pm Optimizing auto-induced José Valentín López Chemistry Vibha Bansal expression of tissue type Nicole Márquez Reyes plasminogen activator (tPA) variant in bacterial system

12:40-1:00pm Understanding the effect of Edgardo Sánchez Rivas Chemistry Vibha Bansal ligand density on protein Shermain Aponte Rosario capture by affinity membranes

1:00-1:20pm Mast Cell stabilizers as Jeaninna Flores Bello Chemistry Vilmali López Potential Ligands in the Development of Pharmaceutical-based Biocompatible Metal Organic Frameworks

1:20-1:40pm Synthesis of Brookite Phase Anushka Castro Vázquez Chemistry Vilmali López TiO2 Nanoparticles as Anodes in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Session 22B Room: Chardón 328 Moderator:

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm A Minimalistic Method for Melanie Ortiz Alvarez De La Pharmaceutical Vilmali López Solubility Determination: A Campa Sciences Step Towards A Continuous Chiral Crystallization Process Development

3:20-3:40pm Bisphosphonate-Based Waldemar Rodríguez Silva Pharmaceutical Vilmali López Coordination Complexes and Sciences their Potentiation in Treating Bone-Related Diseases

3:40-4:00pm Caza para mitigar el impacto Andrea Pimentel Rivera Environmental William Gould de la iguana verde (Iguana Gabriela Massanet Prado Science iguana) en Puerto Rico

4:00-4:20pm Synthesis of Tin Oxide Wilanyi Álvarez Reyes Chemistry Wilfredo Otaño Nanostructures for Sensing Important Environmental Gases

4:20-4:40pm Knockout of Rad52 by Luis Padilla Santiago Life/Biological Xiaohua Wu CRISPR/CAS9 to study Break- Sciences Induced Replication (BIR) Pathway

4:40-5:00pm Detection of Staphylococcus Andrea Rodríguez Lassalle Agricultural Yadira Malavez aureus associated to Edgardo González Muñoz Sciences subclinical mastitis in bovine milk from Puerto Rico, its resistance to antibiotics and biofilm formation

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Session 23A Room: Chardón 326 Moderator: Zaira Mateo

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Evaluation of antimicrobial Sharon Nieves Miranda Environmental Yadira Malavez resistance in E. coli strains Science isolated from cattle and calves from different management systems

11:20-11:40am Detection and Identification of Paola Ramos Irizarry Life/Biological Yaliz Loperena Cryptococcus Sciences neoformans/gattii complex in decomposing organic matter and cacti after the impact of Hurricane Maria

11:40am-12:00pm Novel cellulases from Yaniris Molina Aponte Life/Biological Yaniris Molina halotolerant microorganisms Sciences found at the Salterns of Cabo Rojo and their applications in the biotechnology field

12:00-12:20pm Population study of bees in Carlos López Maldonado Environmental Yolanda Serrano Puerto Rico Science

12:20-12:40pm Nicotine effects in C. elegans Edwin Álvarez Torres Life/Biological Zaira Mateo short term memory Sciences

12:40-1:00pm Stevioside Impacts on Gina Torres Matías Life/Biological Zaira Mateo Associative Learning of C. Sciences elegans

1:00-1:20pm Methionine Sulfoxide José Somohano Short Life/Biological Zomary Flores Reductases are Necesarry for Sciences Protein Repair in Vibrio fischeri

1:20-1:40pm Vibrio fischeri has a highly Christopher Eusebio Ortiz Life/Biological Zomary Flores efficient response to oxidative Sciences stress

1:40-2:00pm Arecibo REDS: The Stellar Kevin Ortiz Ceballos Astronomy Abel Méndez Activity of Stars with Potentially Habitable Planets

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Session 23B Room: Chardón 326 Moderator: Armando Rúa

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Orbital Stability of Habitable José Colón Cancel Astronomy Abel Méndez Exomoons Peter Santana Rodriguez

3:20-3:40pm The Occurrence of Planets in Marcos Jusino Maldonado Astronomy Abel Méndez the Abiogenesis Zone

3:40-4:00pm Soil Classification in the Edwin Irizarry Brugman Geosciences Alberto López Municipalities of Ponce and Mayagüez to Quantify a Liquefaction Susceptibility Map Generated with Soil Survey Data

4:00-4:20pm Shor\'s Algorithm Roberto Gorbea Finalet Physics Heeralal Janwa

4:20-4:40pm Characteristics of vanadium Edgar Albelo Ortiz Physics Armando Rúa oxide thin films prepared by sputtering DC for bolometer detectors

4:40-5:00pm Characterization of MoS2 Tiahra Aviles Gonzalez Physics Armando Rúa Thin Films

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Session 24A Room: Chardón 325 Moderator: Camilo Verbel

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Electrical Properties of Miguel De Jesús Soto Physics Armando Rúa Vanadium sesquioxide thin films

11:20-11:40am Implementing Raspberry Pi 3 Alexuan Martinó Vera Physics Armando Rúa and Python in the Physics Laboratory

11:40am-12:00pm Mechanical Properties of Christian Nieves Rosado Physics Armando Rúa V3O5 thin films

12:00-12:20pm Phase Change Materials for Michelle Marrero Garcia Physics Armando Rúa Space Technology

12:20-12:40pm Structural and Electrical Manuel Lozano Arroyo Physics Armando Rúa Characterizations of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films on Ruo2/Tio2 deposited by DC Magnetron Sputtering

12:40-1:00pm Understanding the Structure Miguel Castro Rivera Physics Betul Pamuk of Germanium Sulfide

1:00-1:20pm Position Angles and Sepration Byron Morales Maldonado Astronomy Desiree Cotto of Binaries Stars in 2016

1:20-1:40pm Rotation Rates of Near-Earth Gabriela Espinosa Rodríguez Astronomy Desiree Cotto Asteroids Yashira Del Valle Rodríguez

1:40-2:00pm Separation and Position Angle Giovanna Castejon Cruz Astronomy Desiree Cotto of Binary Stars of 2015 Marjory Reyes Méndez Selected from Washington Double Star Catalog

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Session 24B Room: Chardón 325 Moderator: Viviana Cesaní

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Separation and position angle Enrique González Delgado Astronomy Desiree Cotto of binary stars systems Néstor Márquez Ríos selected from WDS Catalog

3:20-3:40pm Microscopy Study of Copper Vilmary Ojeda Álvarez Physics Dorcas Torres Oxide Doped Nanostructures Grown by Vapor-Solid Process

3:40-4:00pm Implementation of Tin Melissa Puen Consuegra Physics Gerardo Morell dioxide/Graphene/Graphene Oxide for high capacity and long cycle life Supercapacitors

4:00-4:20pm Localized grown Graphene on Laura Agosto Zeppenfeldt Physics Gerardo Morell Au covered Silicon Substrates for electronic applications

4:20-4:40pm Microporous carbon hybrid Cid Marie Calderón Rodríguez Physics Gerardo Morell nanostructure for supercapacitors

4:40-5:00pm Improvement of specific Julio Santiago Aldeano Physics Gerardo Morell capacitance in lithium batteries by mesoporous carbon hybrid nanostructures

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Session 25A Room: Chardón 324 Moderator: Pablo Llerandi

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Remote Fiber-Optic Cristyan Quiñones García Physics Antonio Martínez Reflectance Spectroscopy (Fors) As An Alternative To Hyperspectral Imaging For Pigment Identification In Large Format Paintings

11:20-11:40am Paleobiogeography of Alexandra Grajales Pérez Geosciences Hernán Santos pelomedusoid turtles and new Eduardo Cruz Vega data from the Oligocene- Miocene San Sebastian and Yanigua-Los Haitises formations

11:40am-12:00pm Water Treatment Membranes Adneliz Cátala Cátala Physics Javier Avalos using a Stable and Bactericidal Swizel Tevenal Baez Nano Diamond Material

12:00-12:20pm On-Demand Distributed Diyaselis Delgado López Physics Kati Lassila-perini Workflow for Physics Analysis at CMS Experiment

12:20-12:40pm Petrographic analysis of the Rocío Cáliz Padilla Geosciences Kenneth Hughes Chuacús Complex in the central Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala

12:40-1:00pm Volume Changes of Large Mass Desireé Bayouth García Geosciences Kenneth Hughes Wasting Sites Induced by Hurricane María in Puerto Rico Using Structure from Motion (SfM) and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)

1:00-1:20pm Whole-rock geochemistry of the James Padilla Montalvo Geosciences Kenneth Hughes Bosque Enano Granite, Sierra de Las Minas Guatemala

1:20-1:40pm Integrated Method to Study the Idamaris Vega Jiménez Astronomy Neftalí Rivera Dynamics and Transformations Jamie Laureano Soto of Sunspots

1:40-2:00pm Stars and suns Juan García García Astronomy Pablo Llerandi

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Session 25B Room: Chardón 324 Moderator: Sudhir Malik

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm The Designing and Angel Ortiz Núñez Physics Peter Feng Fabricating of Gas Sensitive Sensor Arrays with the Application of Detecting Pollutants for Enviormental Control

3:20-3:40pm Formation of Oriented Elvin Cordero Figueroa Physics Rogerio Furlan Nanofibers and Net-like Nanostructures Containing Aloe Vera

3:40-4:00pm Nanofibers Containing Raymond Ortiz Cardona Physics Rogerio Furlan Polyvinylpyrrolidone and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Using Conventional and Non- Conventional Electrospinning

4:00-4:20pm Study of the role of angular Lee Roger Chevres Fernández Physics Samuel Santana momentum and energy in magnetic reconnection using PIC simulation of 3D reconnection and MMS data

4:20-4:40pm Machine Learning for HCAL Guillermo Fidalgo Rodríguez Physics Sudhir Malik DQM

4:40-5:00pm ZnO nanoshells and thin films: Zulmari Silva Pedraza Physics Wilfredo Otaño Gas sensing response under 1% H2 atmosphere at different temperatures

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Session 26A Room: Chardón 322 Moderator: Saylisse Dávila

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Petrography, Geochemistry Tatiana Fernández Pérez Geosciences Wilson Ramírez and Genesis of two Neogene Dolomite units located in Guánica and San Sebastián, Puerto Rico

11:20-11:40am Generating Cooled-Atom Britney Hopgood Berdecía Physics Yesenia Rivera Clouds of Rubidium-85 for Yesenia Rivera López Inertial Sensing Applications

11:40am-12:00pm Full-culm Bamboo as a Full- Mairim Areizaga González Engineering Christopher fledged Engineering Material Papadopoulos

12:00-12:20pm Bounds of Hausdorff measure Giovanni Ferrer Suárez Mathematics Alejandro Vélez of the Koch Cube, a 3- Dimensional Koch Snowflake Analog

12:20-12:40pm Cave Virtual Environment Leilanie Morales Rivera Computer Science Angel Acosta Using Underground LIDAR Data

12:40-1:00pm Microstructure and Ángel Torres González Engineering Angel Torres mechanical properties analysis of different Al-Ce-Cu ternary systems

1:00-1:20pm Grashof Number: Alexandra Ramos Figueroa Engineering Antonio Estevez Thermodynamic Equation-Of- State Model for Heat Transfer Phenomena

1:20-1:40pm Supercritical Fluid Extraction Alexandra Fonseca Engineering Antonio Estevez of Oil: Method Review Montenegro

1:40-2:00pm Metal Organic Elida Muñiz Vázquez Engineering Arturo Hernández Framework/Carbon Composites for the Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern from Water

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Session 26B Room: Chardón 322 Moderator: Wilson Ramírez

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Computer Science For Better Carlos Padrón Gracia Computer Science Concepción Science Rodríguez

3:20-3:40pm Heat treatment optimization of Ramón Padín Monroig Engineering Barbara Calcagno Al-Ce based alloys via differential scanning calorimetry

3:40-4:00pm Clustering methods to classify Omar Cruz Pantoja Computer Science Carlos Corrada a broad range of species from their vocalization

4:00-4:20pm A Cloud Generator for the Víctor Pérez Rivera Computer Science Abel Méndez Scientific Exoplanet Renderer

4:20-4:40pm Mechanical Characterization Edward Hillman Girod Engineering Christopher of 3D Printed Beams in Papadopoulos Bending

4:40-5:00pm Synthesis and Stefannie Morales Jiménez Engineering Arturo Hernández Characterization of Carbon - Zeolite Compounds for the Adsorption of Contaminants of Emerging Concern from Water

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Session 27A Room: Chardón 321 Moderator: Carla Colón

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Low Cost Brain Computer Gabriel Torres Rivera Engineering David Serrano Interface for Complete Julienne Deynes Aviles Locked-in Syndrome and Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome Patients

11:20-11:40am Improving a student services Gabriel Vélez Lacayo Computer Science Edward Latorre application based on feedback Kevin Alicea Iguina and performance analysis

11:40am-12:00pm Improving Student Services Yadiel Nieves Cardona Computer Science Edward Latorre through Student Development of Computing Solutions

12:00-12:20pm Minería de texto en redes Ramon Medina Pérez Computer Science Edward Latorre sociales para crear una base de conocimientos de preguntas y respuestas de los estudiantes

12:20-12:40pm Demonstrating Parallel Stephanie Peña Rivera Computer Science Eliana Valenzuela Computing with the Cluster-Pi

12:40-1:00pm HYDROSARGA a Jesús Santana Román Computer Science Eliana Valenzuela programable prototype solution for nature and production initiative

1:00-1:20pm Implementing a Search Juan Ayala Garcia Computer Science Eliana Valenzuela Algorithm with Two Thalía Vázquez Mora Geometric Figures

1:20-1:40pm Intelligent Swarm Target Carlos Colón Barrios Computer Science Eliana Valenzuela Retention Goal Kenneth González Nieves

1:40-2:00pm Optimizing Obstacle Carlos Galán De Arce Computer Science Eliana Valenzuela Avoidance Algorithm for Marcos Bosques Pérez Resource Recollection

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Session 27B Room: Chardón 321 Moderator: Fernando Piñero

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm STEM Apps Eliud Rivas Hernández Computer Science Eliud Rivas Nicole Torres Santiago

3:20-3:40pm Production of Biodiesel from Dayaneira Rivera Rivera Engineering Guido Peña Vegeteble oil

3:40-4:00pm Microfluidic Stage Holder Gaetana Michelet Engineering Gaetana Michelet Design for Single-Cell Electroporation

4:00-4:20pm Design, Construction, John Boria Paris Engineering Gerardo Salazar Troubleshooting & Star-Up Of Carlos Corujo Castro an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Pedro Claudio Gómez (UAV)

4:20-4:40pm Musical Mathematics Rose Luna Rivera Mathematics Fernando Piñero

4:40-5:00pm Toy adaptation for Assistive Ahisha Pérez Pérez Electronics Irvin Balaguer Technology

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Session 28A Room: Chardón 320 Moderator: William Rojas

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Phenotype Response to Higher Lillian González Albino Computer Science Ivelisse Rubio Order Mutation Interactions

11:20-11:40am Binomial Permutations Javier Santiago Vélez Mathematics Ivelisse Rubio Karla Borges Alvarado

11:40am-12:00pm Binomials of the form x^m [ Dylan Cruz Fonseca Mathematics Ivelisse Rubio x^((q ? 3)/ 2) + B ] that do not produce permutations

12:00-12:20pm Diagram Algebra of Planar Andrés Ramos Rodríguez Mathematics Ivelisse Rubio Block Permutations

12:20-12:40pm Direct simulations of Christian Lagares Nieves Engineering Guillermo Araya hypersonic turbulent boundary layers at high Reynolds numbers

12:40-1:00pm High-order statistics of Manuel Santiago Rodríguez Engineering Guillermo Araya turbulent boundary layers via GPU-oriented programming

1:00-1:20pm Acoustic Analysis for the Joemar Pérez Guzmán Mathematics José Candelaria Detection of the Crested Toad utilizing monitor

1:20-1:40pm Towards a Machine Learning Alejandro Vega Nogales Computer Science José Ortiz System for Detecting and Isolating Anomalous Network Traffic

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Session 28B Room: Chardón 320 Moderator: Roberto Seijo

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Machine Learning Techniques Bernardo Roque Carrión Computer Science José Sotero for Protein Types Classification

3:20-3:40pm Para-aminobenzamidine Jordan Caraballo-Vega Computer Science José Sotero Spacer Arms Morphology Classification using Machine Learning Algorithms

3:40-4:00pm Desk Automated Hydroponics Esteban Valentín Arroyo Engineering Juan System Yassel Martinez Diaz González

4:00-4:20pm Improving Cellular Device Pablo Domínguez Grau Engineering Kate Remley Tests in Reverberation Chambers

4:20-4:40pm Improving the Efficiency of Elizabeth Rivera-Sierra Engineering Katie Mueller CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing with Engineered Transgene Templates

4:40-5:00pm A Study of Modular Embedded Luis Vega Maisonet Engineering Manuel Jiménez Technologies for Accurate and Usable Wind Tunnel Operation

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Session 29A Room: Chardón 319 Moderator: Oscar M. Suárez

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Affordability of a 3D Printed Kevin Huang Zhu Engineering Mauricio Cabrera Customized Mosquito Trap

11:20-11:40am High-Risk Human Arnaldo Tousset Rodriguez Mathematics Maytee Cruz Papillomavirus Genomes Desiré Vázquez Ortiz

11:40am-12:00pm Mathematical Epidemiology of Gretchen Figueroa Santiago Mathematics Maytee Cruz the Human Israel Hernández Rivera ImmunodeficiencyVirus (HIV) in Puerto Rico

12:00-12:20pm A Virtual Instrumentation Chris Aquino Ortiz Electronics M Jiménez Environment for Raul Cedrés Characterizing Dielectric Absorption in Integrated Capacitors

12:20-12:40pm A Mid-column Reversal Roberto Hernández Martínez Engineering M Jiménez Algorithm for Free-Vehicle Underwater Exploration

12:40-1:00pm Elastic Wave Acquisition Johnny Sánchez Marrero Engineering M Jiménez System for Non-destructive Testing

1:00-1:20pm At Most Two-To-One Edgardo Peña Cotto Mathematics Moisés Delgado Functions For Trapdoor Functions

1:20-1:40pm Effect of Solvent on the Ambar Velázquez Albino Engineering Nelson Cardona Stability of Lewis Acidic Sn- Edgard Lebrón Rodríguez Beta Zeolite Catalyst for the Conversion of C6 Carbohydrates to ?-hydroxy- acids

1:40-2:00pm A Family of Permutation Brian Reyes Vélez Mathematics Omar Colón Polynomials over a Finite Field

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Session 29B Room: Chardón 319 Moderator: Oscar M. Suárez

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Some Criteria for Permutation Laura Mora Mercado Mathematics Omar Colón Binomials over Finite Fields

3:20-3:40pm Aluminum-Cerium Alloys Julie Colon Martínez Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz Treated with Niobium Diboride Nanoparticles for Aerospace Applications

3:40-4:00pm Assessing the Viability of Yivaldo Juan Morales Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz Using Spathodea campanulata Wood with Recycled Polymers and the Enhancement of its Properties

4:00-4:20pm Fabrication of Aluminum Javier Rodríguez Camacho Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz Welding Fillers Reinforced with Niobium Diboride Nanoparticles for Aerospace Applications

4:20-4:40pm Fabrication of Porous Metal Kenyi Choy Hernández Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz via Free Corrosion of Hypoeutectic Aluminum- Copper Alloys

4:40-5:00pm Fabrication of Porous Metals Kenneth Silva Reyes Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz Via Dealloying of Al-Zn Alloys in Acidic Aqueous Solutions

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Session 30A Room: Chardón 318 Moderator: Reyes Ortiz

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Mechanical Properties of a Karnia Ramos Ortiz Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz Novel Al-Ce Alloy Produced William Crespo Martinez via Centrifugal Casting

11:20-11:40am Multi-variable regression Cristina Lorenzo Velázquez Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz models for compression resistance estimates for mortars

11:40am-12:00pm Nanoparticle-Bearing Mortars Krystal Rodríguez Soto Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz for Structural Patchment

12:00-12:20pm Study of the Microstructure of Adriana Echevarría García Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz an Al-Ce Alloy After Free Corrosion in Alkaline Aqueous Solutions

12:20-12:40pm Syntesis and characterization Edwin Ramos Mercado Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz of chitosan/TiO2 as a biocide composite

12:40-1:00pm Development of Au Thin Films Gabriel Cordero Bruno Engineering Pedro Resto for the Detection and Characterization as a Function of Size of Proteins of Interest using SERS and ATR- SEIRAS

1:00-1:20pm Convolutional Variational Jeffrey Chan Santiago Computer Science Remi Megret Auto-Encoders for Modeling the Appearance of Honeybees in Video

1:20-1:40pm Recognition of Fanning Bees Matías Rosner Ortiz Computer Science Remi Megret from Video using Zuleyka González Rosa Convolutional Neural Networks

1:40-2:00pm Introduction To f- Geraldo Soto Rosa Mathematics Reyes Ortiz Factorizations

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Session 30B Room: Chardón 318 Moderator: Reyes Ortiz

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm On the Characterization of André Hernández Espiet Mathematics Reyes Ortiz $\\tau_{(n)}$-Atoms II

3:20-3:40pm Thermal Model and Ian Rivera Colon Engineering R Salgado Simulation of Photovoltaic Javier Morales Ferrer Modules Under Tropical Weather Conditions

3:40-4:00pm Bioelectric Characterization Eugenio Caraballo Justiniano Engineering Ruben Díaz of Cancer Cell Lines with Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

4:00-4:20pm Characterization of High- Julio Rivera De Jesús Engineering Ruben Díaz throughput Microfluidic Device for Single-Cell Electroporation

4:20-4:40pm Design and Temperature Berenice Fernández Rivera Engineering Ruben Díaz Control of Microheater for Environmental Gas Sensor

4:40-5:00pm Thermal Modeling of Single Enrique Santana Meléndez Engineering Ruben Díaz Nanowire Assembly by LIFT

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Session 31A Room: Chardón 317 Moderator: Wandaliz Torres

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am A Hybrid Pedestrian Xaimarie Hernández Cruz Engineering Saylisse Dávila Evacuation Model for Tsunamis

11:20-11:40am Design and Validation of Elizabeth Torres De Jesús Engineering Sheilla Torres Turbulence-Generating Geovannie Alvarado Luna Structures for a Small-Scale Low-Speed Wind Tunnel

11:40am-12:00pm Experimental design in a low Felix Torres Soler Engineering Sheilla Torres speed wind tunnel: Flow Separation in a Compressor's Rough-Surfaced Airfoil Cascade

12:00-12:20pm Modeling the Atmospheric Camila Casares Rivas Engineering Sheilla Torres Boundary Layer in a Low- speed Wind Tunnel: An Experimental Approach

12:20-12:40pm Rapid Bioengineering of Gabriela Rosado-González. Engineering Andrew Tsourkas Bispecific Antibodies for T- cell recruitment to EGFR- positive Tumor Cells

12:40-1:00pm Flow Resistance of Vegetative Robert Lewis Engineering Walter Silva Lining for Erosion Protection of Waterways using Grass Species Native to the Caribbean

1:00-1:20pm Exploratory Transcriptomic Carlos Adames Ramos Computer Science Wandaliz Torres Data Analysis for Car-T cell Characterization

1:20-1:40pm Gene Expression Biomarker Valerie Maisonave Collazo Engineering Wandaliz Torres Discovery in Endometriosis

1:40-2:00pm Wristband with Vibration on Berenice Fernández Rivera Engineering Wilma Santiago Acupoints for Treatment of Marielly Rodríguez Gauthier Sleep Problems

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Session 31B Room: Chardón 317 Moderator: Wandaliz Torres

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

3:00-3:20pm Mathematical Model for DC Yazmin Torres Feliciano Engineering Eduardo Torres Power Sources

3:20-3:40pm Experimental Design and Yesenia Franqui Bernard Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz Characterization of Concrete Mixtures Using Recycled Plastic, Fly Ash, and Silica Nanoparticles

3:40-4:00pm A study of factors affecting the Rochelly González Engineering Lourdes Medina recruitment and retention of Women in Engineering

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POSTER SESSION

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53rd. ACS Junior Technical Meeting (JTM) 38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus May 4, 2019

POSTER SESSIONS

● Astronomy (AST) ● Chemistry (CH) ● Computer Science (CS) ● Engineering (ENG) ● Environmental Sciences (ES) ● General Sciences (GS) ● Geosciences (GEO) ● Industrial Pharmacy (IP) ● Life/Biological Sciences (LBS) ● Mathematics (MA) ● Physics (PHY)

120

ASTRONOMY

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

AST-1 Possible Radius to Intensity Mapping in Alnaldo J. Zapata Velez (University of Puerto Rico: Radio Pulsar Magnetospheres Mayaguez), Leszek A. Nowakowski (University of Puerto Rico: Mayaguez), Nohely Miranda Colon (University of Puerto Rico: Mayaguez), Henri A. Radovan (University of Puerto Rico: Mayaguez)

AST-2 Star-formation Region W51 in C-Band Elluz Pacheco Cabrera (UPR-RP), Mayra Lebron (UPR-RP), Frequency Range Jorge Morales (UPR-RP), Esteban Araya (Western Illinois University), Hector Arce (Yale University), Tapasi Ghosh (NAIC-AO)

AST-3 Vertical Structure of Pulsar Nohely Miranda Colón (UPRM), Leszek A. Nowakowski Magnetospheres (UPRM), Henri A. Radovan (UPRM)

121

CHEMISTRY

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

CH-1 Electrochemical Oxidation f Ammonia on Camila Morales Navas (UPR Río Piedras), Jessika Pazol Platinum (100) Nanoparticles at the (UPR Río Piedras), Genn Torres (UPR Río Piedras), Pedro Trinidad (UPR Río Piedras), Gian Rivera (UPR Mayagüez) International Space Station

CH-2 Nickel Magnetite from Environmental Camila Morales Navas (UPR Río Piedras), Pedro Trinidad Remediation as Photoharvesting Material (UPR Río Piedras), Gen Torres (UPR Río Piedras), Alexdiel Figueroa (UPR Río Piedras)

CH-3 Synthesis and Development of Super Christian O. Alicea (UPRRP and Molecular Science Reseach Paramagnetic Iron Oxide metal-based Building), Alexis Lavin (UPRRP and Molecular Science Reseach Building), Dalice M. Piñero (UPRRP and Nnanocomposites for Bio-Imaging Molecular Science Reseach Building), Gerardo Morell Applications (UPRRP and Molecular Science Reseach Building), Brad R.weiner (UPRRP and Molecular Science Reseach Building)

CH-4 Synthesis and characterization of cobalt, Dayna M. Ortiz Rodríguez (Universidad Ana G. Méndez, iron and ruthenium catalysts for the Recinto de Gurabo (antes Universidad del Turabo)), Francisco M. Márquez Linares (Universidad Ana G. production of synthetic diesel Méndez, Recinto de Gurabo (antes Universidad del Turabo))

CH-5 Incorporating Kinetic Control Over Diana V. Silva Brenes (UPR-Río Piedras), José M. Rivera Thermodynamically Driven Self- (UPR-Río Piedras) Assembled Colloidal Particles

CH-6 Novel Fluorinated Metal-Phthalocyanine Jean C. González Espiet (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Nanowires for the Selective Detection of Piedras), Dalice M. Piñero Cruz (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras), Juan Cintrón (University of Puerto Rico at Toxic Gases in Highly Hydrated Rio Piedras), Luis Fonseca (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Environments Piedras), Soraya Flores (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras)

CH-7 Fabrication of a bio-functional porous Jessika Pazol-ramos (Department of Chemistry, University nano active layer using the self-assembling of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931), Adriana S. Vazquez (Department of characteristic of di-block copolymer and Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras lipase B Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931), Eduardo Nicolau (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931)

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CHEMISTRY

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

CH-8 Boosting ORR/OER Activity of Jinxing Gu (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Graphdiyne by Simple Heteroatom Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931, USA), Saneliswa Magagula (Department of Chemistry, Doping University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931, USA), Jingxiang Zhao (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory of Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Educ), Zhongfang Chen (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931, USA)

CH-9 Carbon Nano Onions used as support for Joed E Ortiz Santiago (Universidad Ana G. Mendez), Harim electrocatalyst by applying the Rotating Delgado Seo (Universidad Ana G. Mendez), Lisandro Cunci (Universidad Ana G. Mendez) Disc Slurry Electrode (RoDSE) technique

CH-10 Undergraduate Research as a Jose A. Santiago Espinoza (University of Puerto Rico-Rio Fundamental Mechanism Towards a Piedras), Yahaira M. Cruz Galarza (University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras), Chamary Fuentes Vergara (University of Higher Education: Research Experience Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras), Arthur D. Tinoco (University of for Undergraduates PR-CLIMB Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras)

CH-11 Fluorescent Studies of Ti(IV) Uptake in Josue A. Benjamin-rivera (University of Puerto Rico in Rio living cells to understand a possible Piedras), Angel L. Vazquez (University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras), Juan D. Rodriguez (2Escuela Secundaria endocytosis route. Especializada en Ciencias, Matemáticas y Tecnología (CIMATEC)), Arthur D. Tinoco (University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras)

CH-12 Hydrogen Sulfide Limits Amyloids Leishla M. Cruz Collazo (University of Puerto Rico - Development in Myoglobin and Mayaguez), Juan López Garriga, Phd (University of Puerto Rico -Mayaguez) Hemoglobin

CH-13 Bisphosphonates-based Metal-Organic Lesly Carmona-sarabia (Department of Chemistry, University Frameworks as Potential Drug Delivery of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931 United States), Lorraine Feliciano-cruz (Department of Systems for the Treatment of Bone-related Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras San Juan, Diseases Puerto Rico, 00931 United States.), Waldemar Rodríguez- silva (Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931 United States.), Vilmalí López-mejías (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931 United States)

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CHEMISTRY

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

CH-14 Biomimetic water purification membranes Liz Santiago-martoral (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río using Liquid crystals Piedras), Sebastián López Méndez (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras), Gerardo Quintana Cintrón (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras), Eduardo Nicolau (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras)

CH-15 Enzymatic triggering of the self-assembly Luis A. Prieto Costas (UPR-RP), Carla M. Quiñones (UPR- of supramolecular G-quadruplexes into RP), Génesis R. Rivera Cordero (UPR-RP), José M. Rivera (UPR-RP) colloidal particles

CH-16 Evaluation of guanosine-based Luxene Belfleur (UPRRP), Kiara Villa (UMET) supramolecular colloidal particles using Raman microspectroscopy

CH-17 Study of the effect of nanomaterials on the Marielys Torres Díaz (University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras metabolic response of Vibrio fischeri: A Campus) model bioindicator for the impact of emerging contaminants in marine ecosystems

CH-21 Electrochemical Proteus vulgaris Whole Nadja E. Solis-marcano (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Cell Lab-on-a-Chip Urea Sensor Piedras Campus), Myreisa Morales-cruz (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus), Craig Priest (University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus), Carlos R. Cabrera (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus)

CH-22 Aggregation Induced Emission theranostic Nataniel Medina Berríos (1University of Puerto Rico Río agents: The next step in photothermal Piedras Campus, San Juan;UPR Molecular Sciences Research Center), Jazmín A. Calimano Colón (1University therapy of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus, San Juan;UPR Molecular Sciences Research Center), Dalice M. Piñero Cruz (1University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus, San Juan;UPR Molecular Sciences Research Center)

CH-23 Towards the Development of Perla E. Cruz-tato (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Electroconductive Membranes with Campus), César A. Lasalde-ramírez (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Nicole A. Rivera-fuentes Antifouling Properties for Water (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Eduardo Reclamation Nicolau (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus)

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CHEMISTRY

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

CH-24 Computational Screening of Hypothetic Shiru Lin (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Pure Silica Zeolites for Effective Removal Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, USA), Yinghe Zhao (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio of Problematic Compounds in Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, USA), Yekun Wang International Space Station (Department of Mathematics, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, USA), Arturo J. Hernández- maldonado (Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez), Zhongfang Chen (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, USA)

CH-25 Evaluating an Alginate Electrospun Simara Laboy Lopez (UPR-RP), Pedro Mendez (UPR-RP), Membrane for the Removal Potential of Eduardo Nicolau (UPR-RP) Polyphenolic Compounds from Water

CH-26 Recessed Nanodisk-Array Electrodes Xaimara Santiago-maldonado (UPRRP), Agnes M. Ríos- Derived from Microphase-Separated delgado (UPRRP), Eduardo Nicolau-lópez (UPRRP) Block Copolymer PS-b-PMMA for Electrochemical Aptasensors

CH-27 The synthesis, characterization and Xinyu Liu (UPRRP) performance of copper-based catalysts for the application of ammonia oxidation in alkaline fuel cells

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COMPUTER SCIENCE

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

CS-1 Tracking of Multiple Honeybees in Video Chhaya Katiyar (UPRRP(Department of Mathematics)), in Presence of Misdetection and Double Ivan F. Rodriguez (UPRRP((Department of Detection Mathematics)), Rémi Mégret (UPRRP(Computer Science Department)), José L. Agosto (UPRRP(Biology Department)), Tugrul Giray (UPRRP(Biology Department))

CS-2 Automatic Video Monitoring of Honeybee Ivan Rodriguez (UPRRP), Remi Megret (UPRRP), Foraging Behavior using Convolutional Kristin Branson (Janelia), Jose L Agosto (UPRRP), Neural Networks Edgar Acuña (UPR Mayaguez), Tugrul Giray (UPRRP)

CS-3 Development of analytical tools to cluster Sofía Meléndez Cartagena (Universidad de Puerto Rico, individual differences in circadian Recinto de Río Piedras), Patricia Ordoñez (Universidad rhythms de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras), José Luis Agosto Rivera (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras)

126

ENGINEERING

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

ENG-1 Nano-Engineered Mortars with Alfer Castro (Civil Engineering and Surveying Department), Pozzolanic Material for Structural Cristina Lorenzo (Civil Engineering and Surveying Department), Brian Aponte (Civil Engineering and Surveying Patchment Department), Noel Torres (NAVSEA, MD), Carlos Medina (NAVAIR, MD), Oscar Marcelo Suárez (Department of Engineering Science and Materials, University of Puerto Rico)

ENG-2 Development of organic solar cells using Christian Negron Mcfarlane (University of Puerto Rico at sulfonated-based polymers as active Mayagüez) layers in bulk heterojunction de

ENG-3 Fluorinated polymer synthesis and Diego A. Navarro characterization for active layer in organic photovoltaic solar cell devices

ENG-4 Numerical Modeling of Realistic Francesco Gabrielle Forina Morales (University of Puerto Rico Atmospheric Boundary Layer Conditions Mayaguez), Sheilla Noemi Torres-nieves (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) for a Low-Speed Wind Tunnel

ENG-5 Biodegradable Chitosan Matrix John Lopez (UPRM), Ariana Torres (UPRM), Karla Romero Composite Reinforced with Titanium (UPRM), Genesis Reyes (UPRM), Edwin Ramos (UPRM), Oscar Suarez (UPRM) Dioxide for Biocidal Applications

ENG-6 Point-Of-Care MIC Biosensor For The Lizz D. Lugo Jordán (University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez), Treatment Of Coliform Bovine Mastitis Pedro Resto Irizarry (University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez) ENG-7 Interlacing the Evalation of Mechanical Luis Fernando Florian Algarin (UPRM) Properties of Concrete with Near- Infrared Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction Using Multivariate Data Analysis

ENG-8 Al-Ce Alloys Processed via Gravity Mairym Vázquez (UPRM) Casting and Liquid Phase Sintering for Aerospace Application

ENG-9 Study of Al11Ce3 distribution in Manny X De Jesus-lopez (Materials Science and Engineering aluminum matrix produced via Program UPR-Mayaguez), William Crespo-martínez (Mechanical Engineering Department UPR-Mayaguez), Ángel centrifugal casting Torres-gonzalez (Chemical Engineering Department UPR- Mayaguez), Karnia Ramos-ortiz (Chemical Engineering Department UPR-Mayaguez), Kevin Maldonado-torres (Mechanical Engineering Department UPR-Mayaguez), Oscar Marcelo Suárez (Materials Science and Engineering Program UPR-Mayaguez) 127

ENGINEERING

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

ENG-10 Bioelectric Spectra Characterization of Marco Arturo Becerra Arias (Department of Mechanical Individual Cancer Cells with Electrical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag?ez, Mayag?ez PR 00681), Valle-melendez, Edison O Impedance Spectroscopy. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag?ez, Mayag?ez PR 00681), Diaz-rivera, Rubén E. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag?ez, Mayag?ez PR 00681)

ENG-11 Innovative IDE Design for Nanomaterial Nerida H. De Jesus Villanueva (UPR-Mayaguez Campus), Sensor Assembly by LIFT Dr. Ruben E. Diaz Rivera (UPR-Mayaguez Campus)

ENG-12 Synthesis and Dynamics of Biocompatible Nicole E. Pérez-salas (Bioengineering Graduate Program, Nanomotors for Biomedical Applications University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez), Thomas Long (Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York), Madeline Torres-lugo (Chemical Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez), Ilona Kretzschmar (Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York), Ubaldo M. Córdova-figueroa (Chemical Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez)

ENG-13 Fabrication of aluminum welding fillers Norman A. Burgos Leon (UPRM), Javier Rodriguez reinforced with niobium diboride (UPRM), Andres Calle, Oscar Marcelo Suarez (UPRM) nanoparticles for aerospace applications

ENG-14 Numerical Assessment of Roughness Pharlin Médard (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Effects on Boundary Layer Development University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez), Sheilla Torres- nieves (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of over Adjacent Blades in a Linear Puerto Rico at Mayaguez) Compressor Cascade

ENG-15 Assessing the Viability of Using Rey D Montalvo (UPR-Mayaguez), Yivaldo J. Morales Spathodea campanulata Wood with (UPR-Mayaguez), Oscar Marcelo Suárez (UPR-Mayaguez), Oscar Abelleira (UPR-Mayaguez) Recycled Polymers and the Enhancement of its Properties

ENG-16 Computational Modeling using Multi- Valerie Y. Odeh Couvertier (University of Puerto Rico Omics to Extract Early Predictive Mayaguez), Wandaliz Torres García (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) Signatures of T-cells Quality

128

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

ES-1 Hydrogen production by photocatalytic Abraham García, María Del C. Cotto, José Ducongé, water splitting using mixed oxide solid Francisco Márquez

solutions under UV-vis light irradiation

ES-2 Hurricane Events Influencing Population Alberto C. Cruz Mendoza (University of Puerto Rico Rio Dynamics: Disturbance Effects on the Piedras Campus), Coralys Vicens López (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Johann D. Crespo Zapata Anolis poncensis Abundance in a Coastal (University of Puerto Rico Humacao Campus), Eliacim Dry Ecosystem Agosto Torres (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus)

ES-3 Synthesizing a novel janus carbon nano- Angelica Del Valle Perez (Universidad Ana G. Mendez- onions modified as a support for Gurabo Campus), Kattia M. Gonzalez Aponte (Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus), Joshua Reyes Morales electrocatalytic nanoparticles (Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus), Yashira N. Escalera Torres (University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus), Lisandro Cunci (Universidad Ana G. Mendez- Gurabo Campus)

ES-4 Survey of Marine Yeasts assoiated with Carla F. Colon Rosario (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Mangroves in Puerto Rico Campus), Rafael E. Rivera Sotomayor (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus), Shelsy M. Torres Nieves (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus), Matias J. Cafaro (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus)

ES-5 Endophytic Microorganisms in Two Edwin G. Velázquez-pérez (Universidad Ana G. Méndez), Medicinal Plants in Puerto Rico: a Pilot Sharon A. Cantrell (Universidad Ana G. Méndez), José R. Pérez-jiménez (Universidad Ana G. Méndez) Study

ES-6 Porous Nanowires for Environmental Gellyz N Gonzalez Diaz (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Monitoring Piedras Campus), Luis Fonseca (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus)

ES-7 Toxicology of Nanomaterials on Jimmy De León Morales (Universidad Aana G. Mendez), Zebrafish María Del C. Cotto (Universidad Aana G. Mendez), Francisco Márquez (Universidad Aana G. Mendez)

ES-8 Diadema antillarum grazing effects on Juan Cruz-motta (University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez algal/benthic cover and diversity in La Campus, Department of Marine Sciences), Stacey Williams (Institute of Social and Ecological Research) Parguera Natural Reserve

ES-9 Dynamics of microbial groups in response Karleen M. González Rosario (Universidad Ana G. Méndez, to simulated hurricane at El Yunque Rain Recinto de Gurabo), Sharon A. Cantrell (Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Recinto de Gurabo), José R. Pérez-jiménez Forest in Puerto Rico (Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Recinto de Gurabo)

129

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

ES-10 Bioremediation of Oil Pollutants by Fungi Kathleen N. Matías Cabán (University of Puerto Rico - Associated with Coastal Mangroves from Mayaguez), Aslin Vázquez Nieves (University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez), Matías J. Cafaro (University of Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Mayaguez)

ES-11 Sedimentation of Puerto Rico's Water Lloyd A. Ramirez (UPR Mayaguez), Luis R. Perez Alegria Reservoirs after Hurricane Maria (UPR Mayaguez)

ES-12 Neuropeptide Y Measurement with Luis F. Lopez (Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Gurabo Aptamer-Modified Microelectrodes using Campus), Nérika G. Hernandez (Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Gurabo Campus), Krystal Flores (Universidad Ana G. Electrochemical Impedance Spectrosocpy Mendez, Gurabo Campus), John Cruz (Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Gurabo Campus), Lisandro Cunci (Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Gurabo Campus)

ES-13 Genetic Diversity of Mycoplasma Species Luz V. Arroyo-cruz (Universidad Ana G Méndez Recinto de in Dairy Farm Soils during Three Gurabo), Jose R. Pérez-jiménez (Universidad Ana G Méndez Recinto de Gurabo) Seasons in the Northern Area of Puerto Rico

ES-14 Post-hurricane Assessment of Abundance Mariangely Colón-cruz (Universidad Ana G Méndez and Diversity of Land Birds in Coastal Gurabo), Ian J Pérez-cruz (Universidad Ana G Méndez Gurabo), Fred C Schaffner (Universidad Ana G Méndez Dry Forest at Jobos Bay Gurabo)

ES-15 Assessment of polycyclic aromatic Pedro J Berríos-rolón (Universidad del Turabo), María Del C hydrocarbons in the surface and Cotto-maldonado (Universidad del Turabo) groundwater of Cucharillas Marsh, Cataño, PR

ES-16 Heterogeneity in the spatial and temporal Solimar Pinto Pacheco (University of Puerto Rico, Rio water dynamics in an urban coastal Piedras campus), Elix Hernandez Figueroa (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus), Elvira Cuevas (University wetland: The case of the Ciénaga Las of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus) Cucharillas

130

GENERAL SCIENCES

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

GS-1 NSF-PREM Center for Interfacial Lymari Fuentes-claudio (Universidad Ana G. Méndez- Electrochemistry of Energy Materials Cupey), Vilmali Lopez-mejias (Universidad de Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras), Lisandron Cunci (Universidad Ana G. Méndez- (CIE2M); A Partnership for Innovation Gurabo), Mitk’el Santiago (Universidad Ana G. Méndez- Cupey), Carlos R. Cabrera (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras), Jorge L. Colón (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras)

131

LIFE / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

LBS-1 The Presence of Batrachochytrium Adolfo Rodríguez- Velázquez (University of Puerto Rico, Río dendrobatidis (BD) in the international Piedras Campus) amphibian trade

LBS-2 Identification and Molecular Analysis of Angel Rubio-marrero (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Cultivable and Uncultivable Bioprospects Campus), Carlos Ríos-velázquez (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus) Capable of Producing Biofilm

LBS-3 Determination of the DNA binding Anthony R Rivera Barreto (University of Puerto Rico Rio preference of the SIX transcription factor Piedras Campus), Valeria A Santa Melendez (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Luis D Garcia Sanchez optix in Heliconius butterflies. (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Riccardo Papa (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), José A Rodriguez-martinez (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus)

LBS-4 First Report of the Presence of the Tokay Beatriz Romero-cordero (UPR -Mayaguez), Alberto R. Gecko (Gekko gecko) in Puerto Rico Puente-rolon (UPR -Mayaguez)

LBS-5 Optimization of Rearing Practices for Carlos S. Morales Rivera (University of Puerto Rico Rio Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) and Helicoverpa Piedras), Xariana Vales Torres (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras), Fernando Rodrigues Da Silva (University of armigera (Hubner) in Quarantine Florida), Jose C. Verle Rodrigues (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez)

LBS-6 Actinobacteria Secondary Metabolites as Christian J. Quiles-pérez (University of Puerto Rico a Potential Antimicrobial Agents Mayagüez), Jeffrey Marrero-rivera (Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust), Abel Baerga-ortiz (University of Puerto Rico Medical Science campus), Matias J. Cafaro (University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez)

LBS-7 Impacts of the invasive green iguana Christina De Jesús Villanueva (University of Rhode Island), (Iguana iguana) on Puerto Rico\'s Gabriela Massanet Prado (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras), Andrea Pimentel Rivera (Universidad de Puerto agricultural community Rico, Rio Piedras), Cathleen Mcginley (USFS-International Institute of Tropical Forestry), William Gould (USFS- International Institute of Tropical Forestry), Jason Kolbe (USFS-International Institute of Tropical Forestry)

LBS-8 Identification of Proteus vulgaris growth Delmaliz (Barreto Vázquez), Arnulfo (Rojas), Carlos parameters in human synthetic urine for (Cabrera) an ureolysis system with an integrated ammonia fuel cell

132

LIFE / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

LBS-9 Changes in shoreline and the relation Dimaris Colon Molina (University of Puerto Rico at between diversity of shell-mollusks and Mayaguez), Carlos J. Santos Flores (University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez), Wilson Ramirez (University of Puerto sand texture on beaches of the West Coast Rico at Mayaguez) of Puerto Rico

LBS-10 The effect of the HIV envelope protein Dr. Anibal Valentin, Mark Miranda, Nelson Alvarez, gp120 in the survival of human B cells Glorianne Diaz

LBS-11 Preliminary Study of the Reproductive Ed M. Lopez-rodriguez (University of Puerto Rico at Biology of the endangered Varronia Mayaguez Department of Biology), Martin Hamilton (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Richmond, Surrey, U.K), Roció bellonis Barrales (University of Portsmouth School of Biological Sciences), Omar Monsegur (Fish and Wildlife Biologist – Caribbean Field Office), Alberto R. Puente-rolón (University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Department of Biology)

LBS-12 FLG loss of Function Mutations R501X Edwin G. Ramirez Aponte (Department of Biology, and R2447X in Puerto Rico: Association University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez), Paola A. Oneill Mojica (Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at to Atopic Dermatitis and Ichtyosis Mayagüez), Claudia S. Rabanal De Veer (Department of Vulgaris Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez), Juan C. Martínez-cruzado (Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez)

LBS-13 Morphological variation related to habitat Eliacim Agosto Torres (University of Puerto Rico at use between populations of Anolis Mayagüez), Alberto. R. Puente Rolón (University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez), Kristin. M. Winchell (Washington poncensis (Squamata: Dactyloidae) University in St. Louis)

LBS-14 Protein-DNA interactomes of cardiac Emmanuel A. Carrasquillo Dones (University of Puerto Rico transcription factors GATA4 and NKX2-5 Rio Piedras campus), Brenda César Hernández (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus), José A. Rodríguez Martínez (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus)

LBS-15 Knowledge, attitudes and practices about Erika Ortiz Chaparro (University of Puerto Rico School of the use, management and storage of water Medicine), Olga L. Díaz-miranda (University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine), José González-caraballo (University of after a natural disaster in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico School of Medicine), Enid J. García-rivera (University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine)

LBS-16 Bioinformatic elucidation of operon for Felix R. Lopez-gonzalez (Universidad Ana G. Méndez, arsenate respiration among Firmicutes Recinto de Gurabo), José R. Perez-jimenez (Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Recinto de Gurabo)

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LIFE / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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LBS-17 Screening and analysis of a Puerto Rican Gabriela P. Román Busó (University of Puerto Rico Amerindian Population for high Mayaguez Campus), Ash A. Matchett (University of Virgin Islands), Juan Carlos Martínez Cruzado (University of Puerto throughput Genetic Epidemiology Rico Mayaguez Campus)

LBS-18 Distribution of Harpellales Gamalier Alicea (UPRM), Matias J. Cafaro (UPRM), Fabian (Kickxellomycotina) in Culicidae and H. Gonzalez (UPRM) Chironomidae in Puerto Rico

LBS-19 North Sumatran traditional use of some Ileana Rodriguez (UPR Humacao), Francisco Guzman medicinal plants against common Velazquez (UPR Humacao) bacterial infections and their antimicrobial activity LBS-22 Uncovering DNA binding specificity of Jessica Marie Rodriguez Rios (University of Puerto Rico, Río cardiac transcription factors complexes of Piedras Campus), Emili Rosado Rodríguez (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus), Jose Arcadio Rodriguez GATA4, NKX2-5 and TBX5 Martinez (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus)

LBS-23 Predation of fruits and seeds of Jose Arce Crescentia portoricensis by rodents documented by using camera traps

LBS-24 Effect of Beta lactoglobulin in oxidatively Jose C Rivera-baiges (Graduate Student), Yivaldo Juan stress-challenged Saccharomyces (Undergraduate student), Julio Acevedo (Graduate Student), Magda Latorre (Researcher) cerevisiae cells

LBS-25 Differential expression of Wnt family Joshua G. Medina-feliciano (University of Puerto Rico Río genes in the mesentery regeneration of Piedras), Stephanie Colón-marrero (University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras), David Quispe-parra (University of Puerto Rico the sea cucumber H. glaberrima Río Piedras), Sebastián Cruz-gonzalez (University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras), Humberto Ortiz-zuazaga (University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras), Jose E. García-arrarás (University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras)

LBS-26 Gravitational Effect of Zinc Oxide Julio O. Acevedo Matos (University of Puerto Rico, Nanoparticle Microbicidal Activity Mayaguez Campus), Magda Latorre Esteves (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus)

LBS-27 Examining the physical and biological Luis Kidany Sellés Pérez (UPR - Río Piedras) homogenization of urban soils along the Rio Piedras Watershed

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LIFE / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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LBS-28 Fabrication of Stereolithography derived Osvaldo Rivera Valentin (University of Puerto Rico Rio Open-celled 3D printed Casts Piedras Campus), Jessiry Abreu Cruz (University of Puerto Rico Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico), Ricardo Nieves Santiago (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico), Humberto Guzmán (University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico), Dessire Verges (University of Puerto Rico Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico), Emma Fernández-repollet (University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico) LBS-29 Preparation and biophysical Rafael Maldonado Hernández (University of Puerto Rico characterization of nAChR for high- Department of Biology), José A. González (Molecular Sciences Research Center), José Orlando Colón (University of resolution studies Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus), Claude Maysonet (University of Puerto Rico Department of Biology), Orestes Quesada (University of Puerto Rico Department of Physical Sciences), José Lasalde (University of Puerto Rico Department of Biology)

LBS-30 Environmental stress winterize honey Stephanie Feliciano Cardona (UPR-RP), Mehmet Ali Do?ke bees on a tropical island affecting the life- (UPR-RP), Janpierre Aleman-rios (UPR-RP), Jose Agosto- rivera (UPR-RP), Tugrul Giray (UPR-RP) span

LBS-31 Developmental roles of frizzled receptors Teomie Rivera Miranda (University Of Puerto Rico Rio in butterfly embryos Piedras), Joseph Hanly (George Washington University), Jose Juan Hermina-pérez (George Washington University), Christopher R. Day (George Washington University), Arnaud Martin (George Washington University), Riccardo Papa (University Of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras)

LBS-32 Evaluating the Potential of Maximin H5 Valerie Ortiz Gómez (Department of Biology, UPR-RP), Peptide to Avoid Biofilm formation of Victor D. Rodriguez (Department of Biology, UPR-RP), Claudia S. Pérez (Department of Biology, UPR-RP), Rafael Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A water Maldonado (Department of Biology, UPR-RP), José A. purification approach González (Department of Biology, UPR-RP), Eduardo Nicolau (Department of Chemistry, UPR-RP)

LBS-33 The effect of psychedelics substances on Yanira Angelis Soto Del Valle (Ponce Health Sciences executive function and memory on Latino University) samples: A Systematic Review

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MATHEMATICS

Poster Authors/ Number Title Affiliation

MA-1 Application of meta-analysis in Alejandra M. De Jesús Soto (University of Puerto Rico at agricultural studies Mayagüez), Raúl E. Macchiavelli, Phd (University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez)

MA-2 An Efficient Implementation of Andres J. Arroyo (UPR Rio Piedras) Patterson's Decoding Algorithm for Application to McEliece Public Key Cryptosystems for Post-Quantum Cryptography

MA-3 On the number of solutions to systems of Carlos Emanuel Seda Damiani (University of Puerto Rico at polynomial equations with multivariate Río Piedras) polynomial coefficients over finite fields

MA-4 Un modelo matemático para evaluar los Jessenia Ivonne Quintero Güiza, Dra. Karen Ríos-soto efectos de herbivoría de una polilla sobre el frailejón

MA-5 Un modelo matemático para evaluar los Jessenia Ivonne Quintero Güiza (Universidad de Puerto Rico efectos de herbivoría de una polilla sobre Mayagüez), Dra. Karen Ríos-soto el frailejón

MA-6 Prior-free Bayes Factors Based on Data Yekun Wang, Luis R Pericchi Guerra Splitting Compared with Geometric Intrinsic Bayes Factors

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PHYSICS

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PHY-1 ZnO thin films: The influence of O2/Ar Adrián A. Camacho-berrios (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio sputtering gas ratio on the structure, Piedras, Puerto Rico), Zulmari Silva-pedraza (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cayey, Puerto Rico), Wilfredo Otaño-rivera morphology, composition and hydrogen (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cayey, Puerto Rico) gas sensing properties

PHY-2 Influence of rare-earth substitution on Claudia C. Zuluaga Gomez (University of Puerto Rico, Rio the structural, magnetic,optical and Piedras), Ricardo Martinez (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras), Sandra Dussan (University of Puerto Rico, Rio dielectric properties of ZnO Piedras), Hannu Huhtinen (University of Puerto Rico, Rio nanoparticles Piedras), Wojciech Jadwisienczak (Department of physical and Astronomy, university of Turku), Ratnakar Palai (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedraswe)

PHY-3 Drug-loaded Biodegradable Microfibers Jaime Santillan (Department of Physics, University of Puerto for Controlled Release in Regenerative Rico, Rio Piedras campus, PR, USA 00931), Jorge Padilla (Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Medicine campus, PR, USA 00931), Katerina Malollari (Department of Material Science and Engineering & Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA 94720), Phillip Messersmith (Department of Material Science and Engineering & Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA 94720), Eduardo Nicolau (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus, PR, USA 00931)

PHY-4 Time-Resolved Surface Dynamics of Larry Theran (University of Puerto Rico), Armando Rúa Phase Transition Materials Visualized (University of Puerto Rico), Felix E. Fernández (University of Puerto Rico), Sergiy Lysenko (University of Puerto Rico) by Light Diffraction

PHY-5 Electrical Properties of Vanadium Leonardo Ramos (university of puerto rico mayaguez), Miguel Sesquioxide Thin Films De Jesús (university of puerto rico mayaguez), Karla Echeverría (university of puerto rico mayaguez), Armando Rúa (university of puerto rico mayaguez)

PHY-6 Effective Localized Graphene Samuel A. Escobar Veras (Department of Physics, University of Patterning for its Implementation in Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), Ernesto Espada (Department of Education, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), Rajesh Electronic Devices Katiyar (Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), Vladimir Makarov (Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), Brad Weiner (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), Gerardo Morell (Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras)

PHY-7 Metal Phthalocyanine Nanowires for Soraya Flores (Uprrp), Luis Fonseca (Uprrp), Jean Gonzales Environmental Air Monitoring at Las (Uprrp), Dalice Piñero (Uprrp), Jose Alberto Hernandez (Uprrp) Cucharillas Marsh.

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